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RFC 1421

Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part I: Message Encryption and Authentication Procedures, February 1993

File formats:

Status:

HISTORIC (changed from PROPOSED STANDARD)

Obsoletes:

RFC 1113

Author:

J. Linn

Stream:

IETF

Source:

pem (sec)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC1421

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Abstract

This document defines message encryption and authentication procedures, in order to provide privacy-enhanced mail (PEM) services for electronic mail transfer in the Internet. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.