{"draft":"draft-ietf-smime-rfc2632bis-07","doc_id":"RFC3850","title":" Secure\/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S\/MIME) Version 3.1 Certificate Handling ","authors":["B. Ramsdell, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"16","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"S\/MIME Mail Security","abstract":" This document specifies conventions for X.509 certificate usage by Secure\/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S\/MIME) agents.  S\/MIME provides a method to send and receive secure MIME messages, and certificates are an integral part of S\/MIME agent processing.  S\/MIME agents validate certificates as described in RFC 3280, the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile.  S\/MIME agents must meet the certificate processing requirements in this document as well as those in RFC 3280.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"June 2004","keywords":["x.509","encryption","certificate","mime","multipurpose internet mail extensions","secure"],"obsoletes":["RFC2632"],"obsoleted_by":["RFC5750"],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC3850","errata_url":null}