RFC 8769 · INFORMATIONAL · 2020
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Cryptographic Message Syntax Content Types for Concise Binary Object Representation
Overview
RFC 8769, “Cryptographic Message Syntax Content Types for Concise Binary Object Representation”, is an Informational document published in March 2020 by J. Schaad. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) is becoming a widely used method of doing content encoding. The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) is still a widely used method of doing message-based security. This document defines a set of content types for CMS that hold CBOR content.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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