RFC 1847 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 1995

Security Multiparts for MIME: Multipart/Signed and Multipart/Encrypted

Overview

RFC 1847, “Security Multiparts for MIME: Multipart/Signed and Multipart/Encrypted”, is a Proposed Standard document published in October 1995 by J. Galvin, S. Murphy, S. Crocker, N. Freed. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines a framework within which security services may be applied to MIME body parts. [STANDARDS-TRACK] This memo defines a new Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) [1] reply code, 521, which one may use to indicate that an Internet host does not accept incoming mail. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. This memo defines an extension to the SMTP service whereby an interrupted SMTP transaction can be restarted at a later time without having to repeat all of the commands and message content sent prior to the interruption. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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