MIME-based Secure Peer-to-Peer Business Data Interchange over the Internet
RFC 3335, “MIME-based Secure Peer-to-Peer Business Data Interchange over the Internet”, is a Proposed Standard document published in September 2002 by T. Harding, R. Drummond, C. Shih. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes how to exchange structured business data securely using SMTP transport for Electronic Data Interchange, (EDI - either the American Standards Committee X12 or UN/EDIFACT, Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport), XML or other data used for business to business data interchange. The data is packaged using standard MIME content-types. Authentication and privacy are obtained by using Cryptographic Message Syntax (S/MIME) or OpenPGP security body parts. Authenticated acknowledgements make use of multipart/signed replies to the original SMTP message.
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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