RFC 1115 · HISTORIC · 1989
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Privacy enhancement for Internet electronic mail: Part III - algorithms, modes, and identifiers
Overview
RFC 1115, “Privacy enhancement for Internet electronic mail: Part III - algorithms, modes, and identifiers”, is a Historic document published in August 1989 by J. Linn. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1423 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC provides definitions, references, and citations for algorithms, usage modes, and associated identifiers used in RFC-1113 and RFC-1114 in support of privacy-enhanced electronic mail. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
Read this RFC
The canonical text of RFC 1115 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.
Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1989
- RFC 1114 Privacy enhancement for Internet electronic mail: Part II - certificate-based key management
- RFC 1116 Telnet Linemode option
- RFC 1113 Privacy enhancement for Internet electronic mail: Part I - message encipherment and authentication procedures
- RFC 1117 Internet numbers
- RFC 1112 Host extensions for IP multicasting
- RFC 1118 Hitchhikers guide to the Internet
- RFC 1111 Request for comments on Request for Comments: Instructions to RFC authors
- RFC 1119 Network Time Protocol specification and implementation