Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Message Specification Abstract:
This document defines Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
(S/MIME) version 3.2. S/MIME provides a consistent way to send and
receive secure MIME data. Digital signatures provide authentication,
message integrity, and non-repudiation with proof of origin. Encryption provides data confidentiality. Compression can be used to
reduce data size. This document obsoletes RFC 3851.
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Certificate Handling Abstract:
This document specifies conventions for X.509 certificate usage by
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) agents. S/MIME
provides a method to send and receive secure MIME messages, and
certificates are an integral part of S/MIME agent processing. S/MIME agents validate certificates as described in RFC 3280bis, the
Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile.
S/MIME agents must meet the certificate processing requirements in
this document as well as those in RFC 3280bis. This document
