The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) [CMS] is used to digitally sign, digest, authenticate, or encrypt arbitrary message contents.

The CMS Asn1API is compliant with :

RFC5911 and RFC5912 where the ASN.1 modules of the CMS/PKIX standards have been made compliant with ASN.1 2002.

• RFC 3370, CMS Algorithms [RFC3370]
• RFC 3565, Use of AES in CMS [RFC3565]
• RFC 3851, S/MIME Version 3.1 Message Specification [RFC3851]
• RFC 3852, CMS main [RFC3852]
• RFC 4108, Using CMS to Protect Firmware Packages [RFC4108]
• RFC 4998, Evidence Record Syntax (ERS) [RFC4998]
• RFC 5035, Enhanced Security Services (ESS) [RFC5035]
• RFC 5083, CMS Authenticated-Enveloped-Data Content Type [RFC5083]
• RFC 5084, Using AES-CCM and AES-GCM Authenticated Encryption in CMS [RFC5084]
• RFC 5275, CMS Symmetric Key Management and Distribution [RFC5275]