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(Deprecated) Protected E-mail Headers
draft-autocrypt-lamps-protected-headers-03

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Authors Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson , "juga" , Daniel Kahn Gillmor
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draft-autocrypt-lamps-protected-headers-03
openpgp                                                  B. R. Einarsson
Internet-Draft                                              Mailpile ehf
Intended status: Informational                                      juga
Expires: 18 October 2025                                     Independent
                                                           D. K. Gillmor
                                                                    ACLU
                                                           16 April 2025

                 (Deprecated) Protected E-mail Headers
               draft-autocrypt-lamps-protected-headers-03

Abstract

   This is a tombstone document of an abandoned effort to provide end-
   to-end cryptographic protections for e-mail headers.  It has been
   superseded by draft-ietf-lamps-header-protection

Status of This Memo

   This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the
   provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79.

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   This Internet-Draft will expire on 18 October 2025.

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   This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal
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   Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights
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   provided without warranty as described in the Revised BSD License.

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Table of Contents

   1.  This Document Is Deprecated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     2.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     2.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   Appendix A.  Document Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     A.1.  Document History  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   Appendix B.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4

1.  This Document Is Deprecated

   This document has been superseded by
   [I-D.ietf-lamps-header-protection].

2.  References

2.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-lamps-header-protection]
              Gillmor, D. K., Hoeneisen, B., and A. Melnikov, "Header
              Protection for Cryptographically Protected E-mail", Work
              in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lamps-header-
              protection-25, 6 January 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-lamps-
              header-protection-25>.

2.2.  Informative References

   [Autocrypt]
              "Autocrypt Specification 1.1", 13 October 2019,
              <https://autocrypt.org/level1.html>.

   [OpenPGP-Email-Summit-2019]
              "OpenPGP Email Summit 2019", 13 October 2019,
              <https://wiki.gnupg.org/OpenPGPEmailSummit201910>.

   [xkcd936]  Munroe, R., "xkcd: Password Strength", 10 August 2011,
              <https://www.xkcd.com/936/>.

Appendix A.  Document Considerations

   [ RFC Editor: please remove this section before publication ]

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   This document is currently edited as markdown.  Minor editorial
   changes can be suggested via merge requests at
   https://github.com/autocrypt/protected-headers or by e-mail to the
   authors.  Please direct all significant commentary to the public IETF
   LAMPS mailing list: spasm@ietf.org

A.1.  Document History

   Significant changes between version -02 and -03:

   *  "Tombstone" this document in favor of draft-ietf-lamps-header-
      protection

   Significant changes between version -01 and -02:

   *  Added S/MIME test vectors in addition to PGP/MIME

   *  Legacy Display parts should now be text/plain and not text/
      rfc822-headers

   *  Cryptographic Payload must have protected-headers parameter set to
      v1

   *  Test vector sample Message-Ids have been normalized

   *  Added encrypted-only (unsigned) test vectors, at the suggestion of
      Russ Housley

   Changes between version -00 and -01:

   *  Credit Randall for "correct horse battery staple".

   *  Adjust test vectors to ensure no line in the generated .txt format
      exceeds 72 chars.

   *  Minor formatting cleanup to appease idnits.

   *  Update references to more recent documents (RFC 2822 -> 5322, -00
      to -01 of draft-ietf-lamps-header-protection-requirements).

Appendix B.  Acknowledgements

   The set of constructs and algorithms in this document has a previous
   working title of "Memory Hole", but that title is no longer used as
   different implementations gained experience in working with it.

   These ideas were tested and fine-tuned in part by the loose
   collaboration of MUA developers known as [Autocrypt].

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   Additional feedback and useful guidance was contributed by attendees
   of the OpenPGP e-mail summit ([OpenPGP-Email-Summit-2019]).

   The following people have contributed implementation experience,
   documentation, critique, and other feedback:

   *  Holger Krekel

   *  Patrick Brunschwig

   *  Vincent Breitmoser

   *  Edwin Taylor

   *  Alexey Melnikov

   *  Russ Housley

   The password example used in previous versions comes from [xkcd936].

Authors' Addresses

   Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson
   Mailpile ehf
   Baronsstigur
   Iceland
   Email: bre@mailpile.is

   juga
   Independent
   Email: juga@riseup.net

   Daniel Kahn Gillmor
   American Civil Liberties Union
   125 Broad St.
   New York, NY,  10004
   United States of America
   Email: dkg@fifthhorseman.net

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