The IESG has received a request from the S/MIME Mail Security Working Group to consider Use of the AES Encryption Algorithm in CMS <draft-ietf-smime-aes-alg-06.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 2003-2-25. Files can be obtained via http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-smime-aes-alg-06.txt