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<reference anchor='RFC2630'>

<front>
<title>Cryptographic Message Syntax</title>
<author initials='R.' surname='Housley' fullname='Russell Housley'>
<organization>SPYRUS</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>381 Elden Street</street>
<street>Suite 1120</street>
<city>Herndon</city>
<region>VA</region>
<code>20170</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>housley@spyrus.com</email></address></author>
<date month='June' year='1999' />
<abstract>
<t>This document describes the Cryptographic Message Syntax. This syntax is used to digitally sign, digest, authenticate, or encrypt arbitrary messages.</t>
<t>The Cryptographic Message Syntax is derived from PKCS #7 version 1.5 as specified in . Wherever possible, backward compatibility is preserved; however, changes were necessary to accommodate attribute certificate transfer and key agreement techniques for key management.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2630' />
</reference>
