{"draft":"draft-ietf-smime-cert-08","doc_id":"RFC2632","title":" S\/MIME Version 3 Certificate Handling ","authors":["B. Ramsdell, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"13","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"S\/MIME Mail Security","abstract":" S\/MIME (Secure\/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions), provides a method to send and receive secure MIME messages. Before using a public key to provide security services, the S\/MIME agent MUST certify that the public key is valid. S\/MIME agents MUST use PKIX certificates to validate public keys as described in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKIX) Certificate and CRL Profile.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]  ","pub_date":"May 1999","keywords":["encryption","certificate","multipurpose","internet","mail","extensions","secure"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[" RFC3850"],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC2632","errata_url":null}