Re: Online Certificate Revocation Protocol

[Hansen Wang <hansen.wang@xxxxxxxx>]

Massimiliano Pala wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am in search of some help and suggestions about certificate revocation. The
> problem is that, as far as I know, no rfc covers a possible online revocation
> protocol to be used to revoke a certificate.

Isn't that what OCSP supposed to do? RFC 2560

2560 X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate
Status Protocol - OCSP. M. Myers, R. Ankney, A. Malpani, S. Galperin,
C. Adams. June 1999.

Also Certificate Revocation Status is also a per request - per response
system.


> 
> The model I am thinking of is request-response oriented and, depending on
> the policy adopted by the corresponding CA, permits a user/router/etc... to
> ask for revocation of a certificate. This can help environments where
> certificates from different vendors are used and we want to be able to ask
> for revocation without having to follow different procedures for different
> CSP -- additional steps could/shall, depending on the policy adopted,
> be taken to accomplish the revocation process.
> 
> Has my problem a solution yet ??? Or can I work on a proposal to be
> submitted for comments and reviews ???

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