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RFC 9052: CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE): Structures and Process

Still current, but amended. Parts of this document are changed or extended by RFC 9338. Read both.

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) is a data format designed for small code size and small message size. There is a need to be able to define basic security services for this data format. This document defines the CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE) protocol. This specification describes how to create and process signatures, message authentication codes, and encryption using CBOR for serialization. This specification additionally describes how to represent cryptographic keys using CBOR. This document, along with RFC 9053, obsoletes RFC 8152.

Document record

Document ID
RFC9052
Published
August 2022
Authors
J. Schaad
Status
INTERNET STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
66
Also known as
STD96
Obsoletes:
RFC 8152
Updated by:
RFC 9338

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 8152 (2017)
  2. RFC 9052 (2022)
  3. RFC 9053 (2022) ✓

Read the full history of CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE): Initial Algorithms →

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