Creation of a Registry for smime-type Parameter Values
RFC 7114
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(January 2014; No errata)
Was draft-leiba-smime-type-registry (individual in sec area)
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| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
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| Document shepherd | Alexey Melnikov | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) B. Leiba
Request for Comments: 7114 Huawei Technologies
Category: Standards Track January 2014
ISSN: 2070-1721
Creation of a Registry for smime-type Parameter Values
Abstract
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) defined the
Content-Type parameter "smime-type". As the list of defined values
for that parameter has increased, it has become clear that a registry
is needed to document these values. This document creates the
registry, registers the current values, and specifies the policies
for registration of new values.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7114.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) defined the
Content-Type "application/pkcs7-mime" and the parameter "smime-type",
along with four valid values for the parameter [RFC3851].
Certificate Management over CMS (CMC) added two new parameter values
[RFC5273]. [RFC5751] replaced RFC 3851 and registered the
application/pkcs7-mime media type, but did not create a registry for
the smime-type values.
Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME [RFC2634] and Securing X.400
Content with S/MIME [RFC3854] also add smime-type values.
When Enrollment over Secure Transport [RFC7030] added another
parameter value, it became clear that a registry for smime-type
parameter values is necessary. Section 2 creates this registry,
registers the current values that are defined in previously published
documents, and specifies the policies for registration of new values.
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2. IANA Considerations
IANA has changed the reference field for the media type application/
pkcs7-mime to refer to [RFC5751] and this document. This document
replaces the references to RFC 5273 and RFC 7030, which are no longer
needed.
IANA has created a new sub-registry under the "MIME Media Type Sub-
Parameter Registries" top-level registry. The new registry is
"Parameter Values for the smime-type Parameter", and it references
this document and [RFC5751]. The initial values for the registry are
as follows:
+----------------------+-----------------------------------+
| smime-type value | Reference |
+----------------------+-----------------------------------+
| certs-only | [RFC5751], Section 3.2.2 |
| CMC-Request | [RFC5273], Section 3 |
| CMC-Response | [RFC5273], Section 3 |
| compressed-data | [RFC5751], Section 3.2.2 |
| enveloped-data | [RFC5751], Section 3.2.2 |
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