Or at least a bad joke. (Excuse me, while I wipe the atomized remains of a latte off my monitor and keyboard...) Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:42:10 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Somebody Subject: S/MIME Freeware Library S/Mime Freeware Library http://www.jgvandyke.com/services/infosec/sfl.htm http://www.armadillo.huntsville.al.us/software/smime S/MIME Freeware Library NOTICE: Most of the software listed below is export-controlled and is protected by a user name and password (as indicated by the padlock). Follow this link to get information about having a user name and password created for you. Click to view the FORTEZZA Export Policy. The "S/MIME Freeware Library" (SFL) is a reference implementation of the new MSP-enhanced S/MIME security protocol. The Library fully implements the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard security protocols named S/MIME Version 3, including the optional security features required to provide Message Security Protocol (MSP) services. These security features include signed receipts, security labels, algorithm independence, and mail list information. The SFL will support both commercial and government algorithms. The latest drafts of the IETF standards upon which the SFL is based are available at the Internet Mail Consortium (IMC) web site. The IMC has also established an SFL web page and maintains an SFL mail list (imc-sfl) which will be used to: distribute information regarding SFL releases; discuss SFL-related issues; and provide a means for SFL users to provide feedback, comments, bug reports, etc. Subscription information for the imc-sfl mail list is at the IMC SFL web page. The "CMS KEA and SKIPJACK Conventions" Internet-Draft describes the conventions for using the S/MIME v3 CMS EnvelopedData and EncryptedData content types with the KEA and SKIPJACK encryption algorithm. The document is intended to promote interoperability between implementations using KEA and SKIPJACK with CMS. Hints for using the FORTEZZA Card and FORTEZZA Cryptologic Interface (CI) Library to meet the requirements stated in the "CMS KEA and SKIPJACK Conventions" document are included in this text file. J.G. Van Dyke & Associates (VDA), the developer of the S/MIME Freeware Library, has also established an SFL page at the VDA web site. Additional SFL information may be available there. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'