A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 5408 Title: Identity-Based Encryption Architecture and Supporting Data Structures Author: G. Appenzeller, L. Martin, M. Schertler Status: Informational Date: January 2009 Mailbox: appenz@cs.stanford.edu, martin@voltage.com, mschertler@us.axway.com Pages: 30 Characters: 62160 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-smime-ibearch-09.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5408.txt This document describes the security architecture required to implement identity-based encryption, a public-key encryption technology that uses a user's identity as a public key. It also defines data structures that can be used to implement the technology. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This document is a product of the S/MIME Mail Security Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team USC/Information Sciences Institute _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce