@techreport{ietf-lamps-header-protection-20, number = {draft-ietf-lamps-header-protection-20}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lamps-header-protection/20/}, author = {Daniel Kahn Gillmor and Bernie Hoeneisen and Alexey Melnikov}, title = {{Header Protection for Cryptographically Protected E-mail}}, pagetotal = 200, year = 2024, month = mar, day = 1, abstract = {S/MIME version 3.1 introduced a mechanism to provide end-to-end cryptographic protection of e-mail message headers. However, few implementations generate messages using this mechanism, and several legacy implementations have revealed rendering or security issues when handling such a message. This document updates the S/MIME specification ({[}RFC8551{]}) to offer a different mechanism that provides the same cryptographic protections but with fewer downsides when handled by legacy clients. The Header Protection schemes described here are also applicable to messages with PGP/MIME cryptographic protections. Furthermore, this document offers more explicit guidance for clients when generating or handling e-mail messages with cryptographic protection of message headers.}, }