RFC 4134 · INFORMATIONAL · 2005

Examples of S/MIME Messages

Overview

RFC 4134, “Examples of S/MIME Messages”, is an Informational document published in July 2005 by P. Hoffman. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document gives examples of message bodies formatted using S/MIME. Specifically, it has examples of Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) objects and S/MIME messages (including the MIME formatting). It includes examples of many common CMS formats. The purpose of this document is to help increase interoperability for S/MIME and other protocols that rely on CMS. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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