Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) B. Leiba
Request for Comments: 7114 Huawei Technologies
Category: Standards Track January 2014
ISSN: 2070-1721
Creation of a Registry for smime-type Parameter Values
Abstract
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) defined the
Content-Type parameter "smime-type". As the list of defined values
for that parameter has increased, it has become clear that a registry
is needed to document these values. This document creates the
registry, registers the current values, and specifies the policies
for registration of new values.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) defined the
Content-Type "application/pkcs7-mime" and the parameter "smime-type",
along with four valid values for the parameter [RFC 3851].
Certificate Management over CMS (CMC) added two new parameter values
[RFC 5273]. [RFC 5751] replaced RFC 3851 and registered the
application/pkcs7-mime media type, but did not create a registry for
the smime-type values.
Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME [RFC 2634] and Securing X.400
Content with S/MIME [RFC 3854] also add smime-type values.
When Enrollment over Secure Transport [RFC 7030] added another
parameter value, it became clear that a registry for smime-type
parameter values is necessary. Section 2 creates this registry,
registers the current values that are defined in previously published
documents, and specifies the policies for registration of new values.
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2. IANA Considerations
IANA has changed the reference field for the media type application/
pkcs7-mime to refer to [RFC 5751] and this document. This document
replaces the references to RFC 5273 and RFC 7030, which are no longer
needed.
IANA has created a new sub-registry under the "MIME Media Type Sub-
Parameter Registries" top-level registry. The new registry is
"Parameter Values for the smime-type Parameter", and it references
this document and [RFC 5751]. The initial values for the registry are
as follows:
+----------------------+-----------------------------------+
| smime-type value | Reference |
+----------------------+-----------------------------------+
| certs-only | [RFC 5751], Section 3.2.2 |
| CMC-Request | [RFC 5273], Section 3 |
| CMC-Response | [RFC 5273], Section 3 |
| compressed-data | [RFC 5751], Section 3.2.2 |
| enveloped-data | [RFC 5751], Section 3.2.2 |
| enveloped-x400 | [RFC 3854], Section 3.3.1 |
| server-generated-key | [RFC 7030], Section 4.4.2 |
| signed-data | [RFC 5751], Section 3.2.2 |
| signed-receipt | [RFC 2634], Section 2.4, bullet 10 |
| signed-x400 | [RFC 3854], Section 3.2.1 |
+----------------------+-----------------------------------+
New values can be registered using the Specification Required policy,
as defined in [RFC 5226]. The S/MIME Message Specification [RFC 5751],
Section 3.2.2, specifies guidelines for assigning new smime-type
parameter values, and those guidelines apply to the assignment of
values in this registry.
3. Security Considerations
This document is purely administrative and presents no security
issues.
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4. References
4.1. Normative References
[RFC 5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
May 2008.
[RFC 5751] Ramsdell, B. and S. Turner, "Secure/Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Message
Specification", RFC 5751, January 2010.
4.2. Informative References
[RFC 2634] Hoffman, P., "Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME", RFC
2634, June 1999.
[RFC 3851] Ramsdell, B., "Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.1 Message Specification",
RFC 3851, July 2004.
[RFC 3854] Hoffman, P., Bonatti, C., and A. Eggen, "Securing X.400
Content with Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
(S/MIME)", RFC 3854, July 2004.
[RFC 5273] Schaad, J. and M. Myers, "Certificate Management over CMS
(CMC): Transport Protocols", RFC 5273, June 2008.
[RFC 7030] Pritikin, M., Yee, P., and D. Harkins, "Enrollment over
Secure Transport", RFC 7030, October 2013.
Author's Address
Barry Leiba
Huawei Technologies
Phone: +1 646 827 0648
EMail: barryleiba@computer.org
URI: http://internetmessagingtechnology.org/
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