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

The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) supports key transport and key agreement algorithms. In recent years, cryptographers have been specifying Key…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 5652: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 5280: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
Normative reference — RFC 5912: New ASN.1 Modules for the Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX)
Normative reference — RFC 5083: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Authenticated-Enveloped-Data Content Type
Normative reference — RFC 5911: New ASN.1 Modules for Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and S/MIME
Informative reference — RFC 4086: Randomness Requirements for Security
Informative reference — RFC 5869: HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function (HKDF)
Informative reference — RFC 6268: Additional New ASN.1 Modules for the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and the Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX)

Incoming relationships (6 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9810: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure -- Certificate Management Protocol (CMP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9690: Use of the RSA-KEM Algorithm in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9935: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure - Algorithm Identifiers for the Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9936: Use of ML-KEM in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10002: Certificate Management over CMS (CMC)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9688: Use of the SHA3 One-Way Hash Functions in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)