{"id":1576,"date":"2018-05-31T06:53:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T06:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comodosslstore.com\/blog\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:36:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:36:26","slug":"what-is-s-mime-how-does-it-work-do-i-need-s-mime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comodosslstore.com\/blog\/what-is-s-mime-how-does-it-work-do-i-need-s-mime.html","title":{"rendered":"What is S\/MIME? How does it work? Do I need S\/MIME?"},"content":{"rendered":"Here's everything you need to know about S\/MIME certificates\n\n\nS\/MIME, the acronym of Secure\/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, is a universal web standard defined by the IETF. S\/MIME is employed to encrypt MIME data\u2014emails in simple terms. Initially developed by RSA Data Security, it's been made a standard by the IETF and has been defined in many of its documents.\n\n\n\nS\/MIME, based on Public Key Infrastructure or Asymmetric Encryption, facilitates email security by virtue of encryption, authentication, Continue Reading<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s everything you need to know about S\/MIME certificates S\/MIME, the acronym of Secure\/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, is a universal web standard defined by the IETF. S\/MIME is employed to encrypt MIME data\u2014emails in simple terms. Initially developed by RSA Data Security, it’s been made a standard by the IETF and has been defined in many of its documents. 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