RFC 8823: Extensions to Automatic Certificate Management Environment for End-User S/MIME Certificates
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document specifies identifiers and challenges required to enable the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) to issue certificates for use by email users that want to use S/MIME.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8823
- Published
- April 2021
- Authors
- A. Melnikov
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- sec
- Pages
- 12
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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