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Using Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM) Algorithms in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
RFC 9629

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2026-05-20
(System) Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['kemri', 'KEMRecipientInfo']' from '[]'
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-05-20
(System)
Changed author "T. Okubo": changed name from "Tomofumi Okubo" to "T. Okubo", changed affiliation from "DigiCert, Inc." to "Penguin Securities Pte. Ltd.", cleared country (was …
Changed author "T. Okubo": changed name from "Tomofumi Okubo" to "T. Okubo", changed affiliation from "DigiCert, Inc." to "Penguin Securities Pte. Ltd.", cleared country (was "US")
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "J. Gray": changed name from "John Gray" to "J. Gray", cleared country (was "US")
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "R. Housley": changed name from "Russ Housley" to "R. Housley", cleared country (was "US")
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2024-08-07
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9629, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-lamps-cms-kemri and RFC 9629, set abstract to 'The …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9629, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-lamps-cms-kemri and RFC 9629, set abstract to 'The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) supports key transport and key agreement algorithms.  In recent years, cryptographers have been specifying Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM) algorithms, including quantum-secure KEM algorithms.  This document defines conventions for the use of KEM algorithms by the originator and recipients to encrypt and decrypt CMS content.  This document updates RFC 5652.', set pages to 15, set standardization level to Proposed Standard, added RFC published event at 2024-08-07, created updates relation between RFC 9629 and RFC 5652)
2024-08-07
(System) RFC published