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MIME Security with Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)

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RFC 2015                 MIME Security with PGP             October 1996


   "application/pgp-encrypted".  Note that the value of the parameter
   MUST be enclosed in quotes.

   The multipart/encrypted MUST consist of exactly two parts.  The first
   MIME body part must have a content type of "application/pgp-
   encrypted".  This body contains the control information.  A message
   complying with this standard MUST contain a "Version: 1" field in
   this body.  Since the PGP packet format contains all other
   information necessary for decrypting, no other information is
   required here.

   The second MIME body part MUST contain the actual encrypted data.  It
   must be labeled with a content type of "application/octet- stream".

   Example message:

     From: Michael Elkins [email protected]>
     To: Michael Elkins [email protected]>
     Mime-Version: 1.0
     Content-Type: multipart/encrypted; boundary=foo;
        protocol="application/pgp-encrypted"

     --foo
     Content-Type: application/pgp-encrypted

     Version: 1

     --foo
     Content-Type: application/octet-stream

     -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
     Version: 2.6.2

     hIwDY32hYGCE8MkBA/wOu7d45aUxF4Q0RKJprD3v5Z9K1YcRJ2fve87lMlDlx4Oj
     eW4GDdBfLbJE7VUpp13N19GL8e/AqbyyjHH4aS0YoTk10QQ9nnRvjY8nZL3MPXSZ
     g9VGQxFeGqzykzmykU6A26MSMexR4ApeeON6xzZWfo+0yOqAq6lb46wsvldZ96YA
     AABH78hyX7YX4uT1tNCWEIIBoqqvCeIMpp7UQ2IzBrXg6GtukS8NxbukLeamqVW3
     1yt21DYOjuLzcMNe/JNsD9vDVCvOOG3OCi8=
     =zzaA
     -----END PGP MESSAGE-----

     --foo--

5.  PGP signed data

   PGP signed messages are denoted by the "multipart/signed" content
   type, described in [1], with a "protocol" parameter which MUST have a
   value of "application/pgp-signature" (MUST be quoted).  The "micalg"



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