rfc-5409

Using the Boneh-Franklin and Boneh-Boyen Identity-Based Encryption Algorithms with the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)

L. Martin, M. Schertler
date2009-01 streamIETF areasec wgsmime statusINFORMATIONAL pages13 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5409 doi10.17487/RFC5409
This document describes the conventions for using the Boneh-Franklin (BF) and Boneh-Boyen (BB1) identity-based encryption algorithms in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) to encrypt content-encryption keys. Object identifiers and the convention for encoding a recipient's identity are also defined. This memo provides information for the Internet community.