RFC 8769: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Content Types for Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR)
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) is becoming a widely used method of doing content encoding. The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) is still a widely used method of doing message-based security. This document defines a set of content types for CMS that hold CBOR content.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8769
- Published
- March 2020
- Authors
- J. Schaad
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 6
- Also known as
- —
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