E-Mail Security with S/MIME

Since I attended my first SANS Institute class the week after the 10th anniversary of the first release of PGP, and since I found no course material relating to S/MIME, this topic seemed to make sense. The intent of this paper is to present an overview of the history, design, usage and the current state of market and community acceptance of S/MIME while contrasting it, where appropriate, to PGP. A basic understanding of public-key concepts is assumed, as is some familiarity with the Internet RFC (Request for Comment) process and the X.500 standards..

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