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        RFC 1421:

        Title:      Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail:
                    Part I: Message Encryption and Authentication
                    Procedures
        Author:     J. Linn
        Mailbox:    104-8456@mcimail.com
        Pages:      42
        Characters: 103,894
        Obsoletes:  RFC 1113


This is one of a series of documents defining privacy enhancement
mechanisms for electronic mail transferred using Internet mail
protocols.  This document is the outgrowth of a series of meetings of
the Privacy and Security Research Group (PSRG) of the Internet
Research Task Force (IRTF) and the PEM Working Group of the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF).  The author would like to thank the
members of the PSRG and the IETF PEM WG, as well as all participants
in discussions on the "pem-dev@tis.com" mailing list, for their
contributions to this document.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This RFC specifies an IAB standards track protocol for the Internet
community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol
Standards" for the standardization state and status of this protocol.
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