S/MIME

• S/MIME adds authentication and privacy to messages in MIME format

• digital envelops for encryption and digital signatures for MIME body parts

• secures binary and text attachments

• digital certificates in X.509v3 format

• message wrapping or detached signatures

• PKCS#7 wrapping format

• algorithm-independent

• currently revised in the IETF

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