A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.


        RFC 2312

        Title:      S/MIME Version 2 Certificate Handling:
	Author(s):  S. Dusse, P. Hoffman, B. Ramsdell, J. Weinstein
	Status:     Informational
	Date:       March 1998
        Mailbox:    spock@rsa.com, phoffman@imc.org,
	            blaker@deming.com,
		    jsw@netscape.com
	Pages:      20
        Characters: 39829
        Updates/Obsoletes: None

        URL:        ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2312.txt


S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions), described in
[SMIME-MSG], provides a method to send and receive secure MIME
messages. In order to validate the keys of a message sent to it, an
S/MIME agent needs to certify that the key is valid. This memo
describes the mechanisms S/MIME uses to create and validate keys using
certificates.

This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.

This announcement is sent to the IETF list and the RFC-DIST list.
Requests to be added to or deleted from the IETF distribution list
should be sent to IETF-REQUEST@IETF.ORG.  Requests to be
added to or deleted from the RFC-DIST distribution list should
be sent to RFC-DIST-REQUEST@ISI.EDU.

Details on obtaining RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by sending
an EMAIL message to rfc-info@ISI.EDU with the message body 
help: ways_to_get_rfcs.  For example:

        To: rfc-info@ISI.EDU
        Subject: getting rfcs

        help: ways_to_get_rfcs

Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the
author of the RFC in question, or to RFC-Manager@ISI.EDU.  Unless
specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for
unlimited distribution.

Submissions for Requests for Comments should be sent to
RFC-EDITOR@ISI.EDU.  Please consult RFC 2223, Instructions to RFC
Authors, for further information.


Joyce K. Reynolds and Alegre Ramos
USC/Information Sciences Institute