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RE: Online Certificate Revocation Protocol



Massimiliano
 Correct me if I'm wrong but I assumed the shared secret in a RevRequest
(section 5.11 draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2510bis-04.txt) would provide a system to
reduce the risk of DoS.

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ietf-pkix@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-ietf-pkix@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Massimiliano Pala
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:02 AM
To: ietf-pkix@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Online Certificate Revocation Protocol


Carlin Covey wrote:

> But none of these allow a certificate to be revoked. I gather that
> you are interested in a protocol for requesting revocation of
certificates.
> Check out CMP, available at
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2510bis-04.txt

This could be the case, anyway I was thinking of something more "robust"
and a little bit complex -- as request/response contents -- to prevent
unauthorized revoking requesting to prevent as much as possible DoS but
allowing for a simple revocation method. This could help environments where
legal issues are also covered -- govenment PKIs, Municipalities PKIs,
etc...

The model I've been thinking of is mostly based on a structure very similar
to the model proposed in OCSP. The choosen transport mechanism could be
HTTP -- this could help browsers in adding the functionality and CSP to
implement the service.

--

C'you,

	Massimiliano Pala

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