The IESG has received a request from the S/MIME Mail Security Working Group to consider Wrapping an HMAC key with a Triple-DES Key or an AES Key <draft-ietf-smime-hmac-key-wrap-00.txt> as a Proposed Standard. The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send any comments to the iesg@ietf.org or ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2003-2-7. Files can be obtained via http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-smime-hmac-key-wrap-00.txt