@misc{rfc9709, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 9709, howpublished = {RFC 9709}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC9709}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9709}, author = {Russ Housley}, title = {{Encryption Key Derivation in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Using HKDF with SHA-256}}, pagetotal = 13, year = 2025, month = jan, abstract = {This document specifies the derivation of the content-encryption key or the content-authenticated-encryption key in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) using the HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function (HKDF) with SHA-256. The use of this mechanism provides protection against an attacker that manipulates the content-encryption algorithm identifier or the content-authenticated-encryption algorithm identifier.}, }