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From: kasten@europa.clearpoint.COM (Frank Kastenholz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  Are There Standards For Secure Mail Transfer Via SMTP?
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Date: 15 Feb 91 19:47:02 GMT
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 > From tcp-ip-RELAY@NIC.DDN.MIL Fri Feb 15 01:02:31 1991
 > From: portal!cup.portal.com!Will@apple.com  (Will E Estes)
 > Organization: The Portal System (TM)
 > Subject: Are There Standards For Secure Mail Transfer Via SMTP?
 > Sender: tcp-ip-relay@nic.ddn.mil
 > To: tcp-ip@nic.ddn.mil
 > 
 > Can someone briefly discuss any standards that might exist, or be
 > in the process of development, for the sending of secure mail via
 > SMTP or via the Internet.  Also, are there any relevant RFCs on
 > this topic?
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > Will Estes        (apple!cup.portal.com!Will)
 > 

Will,

Try the following RFC's

Frank Kastenholz
Clearpoint Research

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1115  Linn, J.  Privacy enhancement for Internet electronic mail: Part III -
      algorithms, modes, and identifiers [Draft].  1989 August; 8 p. (Format:
      TXT=18226 bytes)

1114  Kent, S.T.; Linn, J.  Privacy enhancement for Internet electronic mail:
      Part II - certificate-based key management [Draft].  1989 August; 25 p.
      (Format: TXT=69661 bytes)

1113  Linn, J.  Privacy enhancement for Internet electronic mail: Part I -
      message encipherment and authentication procedures [Draft].  1989
      August; 34 p. (Format: TXT=89293 bytes)  (Obsoletes RFC 989, RFC 1040)