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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: S/MIME for KDE 3.0
From:       Marc Mutz <Marc.Mutz () uni-bielefeld ! de>
Date:       2001-08-22 0:27:02
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On Tuesday 21 August 2001 20:09, Denis Perchine wrote:
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> > Is S/MIME using the multipart/{encrypted,signed} (RFC1847), or did
> > they cook up something different?
>
> I would suggest you to look at www.rsa.com for PKCS standards series.
> Actually S/MIME is PKCS #7. Also it was decribed somewhere else. I
> found osme traces in RFCs...
>
> But this standard is a basic one.

I know that S/MIME is defined in a series of RFC's.
This doesn't answer my question. PKCS#[0-9]+ has nothing to do with how 
encrypted messages are sent via MIME.
<digging...>
OK, FTR: It's RFC2311 and it seems to build on rfc1847. So the 
framework for rfc2015/rfc3156 that is being developed currently can be 
used for s/mime, too.

Marc

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