RFC 8823 · INFORMATIONAL · 2021

Extensions to Automatic Certificate Management Environment for End- User S/MIME Certificates

Overview

RFC 8823, “Extensions to Automatic Certificate Management Environment for End- User S/MIME Certificates”, is an Informational document published in April 2021 by A. Melnikov. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies identifiers and challenges required to enable the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) to issue certificates for use by email users that want to use S/MIME.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

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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