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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: S/MIME for KDE 3.0
From:       Denis Perchine <dyp () perchine ! com>
Date:       2001-08-22 1:42:27
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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.

Ough, yes. If we talk about embedding PKCS #7 message in a mail - 2311 is a 
good start. But I suspect it is better to look at 2632, 2633, 2634 first. 
They describe S/MIME v3. not v2.

-- 
Sincerely Yours,
Denis Perchine

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