RFC 5652: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)

This document describes the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). This syntax is used to digitally sign, digest, authenticate, or encrypt arbitrary message…

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Outgoing relationships (18 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 3852: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normative reference — RFC 5280: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
Normative reference — RFC 3281: An Internet Attribute Certificate Profile for Authorization
Informative reference — RFC 4086: Randomness Requirements for Security
Informative reference — RFC 3851: Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.1 Message Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2560: X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP
Informative reference — RFC 2634: Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME
Informative reference — RFC 2631: Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method
Informative reference — RFC 3370: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Algorithms
Informative reference — RFC 2633: S/MIME Version 3 Message Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2315: PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax Version 1.5
Informative reference — RFC 2630: Cryptographic Message Syntax
Informative reference — RFC 2313: PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1.5
Informative reference — RFC 2311: S/MIME Version 2 Message Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2437: PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.0
Informative reference — RFC 3369: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Informative reference — RFC 3211: Password-based Encryption for CMS
Informative reference — RFC 4853: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Multiple Signer Clarification

Incoming relationships (92 related RFCs)

Showing 50 of 92 related RFCs.

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9629: Using Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM) Algorithms in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 8933: Update to the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) for Algorithm Identifier Protection
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6268: Additional New ASN.1 Modules for the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and the Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7518: JSON Web Algorithms (JWA)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5911: New ASN.1 Modules for Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and S/MIME
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5958: Asymmetric Key Packages
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5753: Use of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Algorithms in Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6488: Signed Object Template for the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7030: Enrollment over Secure Transport
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5754: Using SHA2 Algorithms with Cryptographic Message Syntax
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7468: Textual Encodings of PKIX, PKCS, and CMS Structures
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5755: An Internet Attribute Certificate Profile for Authorization
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9640: YANG Data Types and Groupings for Cryptography
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5914: Trust Anchor Format
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6019: BinaryTime: An Alternate Format for Representing Date and Time in ASN.1
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6257: Bundle Security Protocol Specification
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6010: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Content Constraints Extension
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5752: Multiple Signatures in Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6211: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Algorithm Identifier Protection Attribute
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8995: Bootstrapping Remote Secure Key Infrastructure (BRSKI)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9483: Lightweight Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) Profile
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5990: Use of the RSA-KEM Key Transport Algorithm in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6112: Anonymity Support for Kerberos
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6161: Elliptic Curve Algorithms for Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Encrypted Key Package Content Type
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6162: Elliptic Curve Algorithms for Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Asymmetric Key Package Content Type
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6210: Experiment: Hash Functions with Parameters in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and S/MIME
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8418: Use of the Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Algorithm with X25519 and X448 in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8419: Use of Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA) Signatures in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9810: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure -- Certificate Management Protocol (CMP)
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 9632: Finding and Using Geofeed Data
Normatively referenced by — RFC 10002: Certificate Management over CMS (CMC)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6492: A Protocol for Provisioning Resource Certificates
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7191: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Key Package Receipt and Error Content Types
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 7958: DNSSEC Trust Anchor Publication for the Root Zone
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8295: EST (Enrollment over Secure Transport) Extensions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8708: Use of the HSS/LMS Hash-Based Signature Algorithm in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8755: Using Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite Algorithms in Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8894: Simple Certificate Enrolment Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9092: Finding and Using Geofeed Data
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9459: CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE): AES-CTR and AES-CBC
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9582: A Profile for Route Origin Authorizations (ROAs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9690: Use of the RSA-KEM Algorithm in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9708: Use of the HSS/LMS Hash-Based Signature Algorithm in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9763: Related Certificates for Use in Multiple Authentications within a Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9788: Header Protection for Cryptographically Protected Email
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9936: Use of ML-KEM in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)