RFC 3370: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Algorithms

This document describes several cryptographic algorithms for use with the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) [CMS]. The CMS is used to digitally…

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Outgoing relationships (15 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 2630: Cryptographic Message Syntax
Obsoletes — RFC 3211: Password-based Encryption for CMS
Informative reference — RFC 2104: HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
Informative reference — RFC 1321: The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
Informative reference — RFC 3280: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
Informative reference — RFC 3279: Algorithms and Identifiers for the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
Informative reference — RFC 1750: Randomness Recommendations for Security
Informative reference — RFC 2631: Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method
Informative reference — RFC 2898: PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification Version 2.0
Informative reference — RFC 2313: PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1.5
Informative reference — RFC 2437: PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.0
Informative reference — RFC 3269: Author Guidelines for Reliable Multicast Transport (RMT) Building Blocks and Protocol Instantiation documents
Informative reference — RFC 3217: Triple-DES and RC2 Key Wrapping
Informative reference — RFC 3218: Preventing the Million Message Attack on Cryptographic Message Syntax
Informative reference — RFC 2268: A Description of the RC2(r) Encryption Algorithm

Incoming relationships (29 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 5754: Using SHA2 Algorithms with Cryptographic Message Syntax
Updated by — RFC 8702: Use of the SHAKE One-Way Hash Functions in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3851: Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.1 Message Specification
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5751: Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Message Specification
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5911: New ASN.1 Modules for Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and S/MIME
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5753: Use of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Algorithms in Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3850: Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.1 Certificate Handling
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4556: Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5990: Use of the RSA-KEM Key Transport Algorithm in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3923: End-to-End Signing and Object Encryption for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5275: CMS Symmetric Key Management and Distribution
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6160: Algorithms for Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Protection of Symmetric Key Package Content Types
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9481: Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) Algorithms
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5008: Suite B in Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7192: Algorithms for Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Key Package Receipt and Error Content Types
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7193: The application/cms Media Type
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8295: EST (Enrollment over Secure Transport) Extensions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8755: Using Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite Algorithms in Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6216: Example Call Flows Using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Security Mechanisms
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6278: Use of Static-Static Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement in Cryptographic Message Syntax
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5652: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3565: Use of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Encryption Algorithm in Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6486: Manifests for the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5934: Trust Anchor Management Protocol (TAMP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6211: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Algorithm Identifier Protection Attribute
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6149: MD2 to Historic Status
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3652: Handle System Protocol (ver 2.1) Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7107: Object Identifier Registry for the S/MIME Mail Security Working Group
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9787: Guidance on End-to-End Email Security