Re: Certificate Suspension

["Peter Williams" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Sheedy, E.C.C. <E.C.C.Sheedy@research.kpn.com>
To: 'ietf-pkix@tandem.com' <ietf-pkix@tandem.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 1997 8:56 AM
Subject: Certificate Suspension


>Hi,
>Whilst attempting to negotiate my way through the various PKIX documents
>i came across two terms which seem quite similar but have been made
>distinct. The two tersm are
>1. Certificate Revocation and
>2. Certificate Suspension.
>
>Cert. revocation is quite clear and needs no further explanation but
>cert. suspension i am quite unsure about. The two seem to have the same
>effects thus could someone please clarify the exact difference between
>them and the resulting actions taken which makes suspension different
>from Revocation.

The suspension action can be logically undone.

A revocation action cannot be undone.

If one advises a VISA bank that is possible that one has lost one's
visacard,
then they can suspend its use (for three days most issuing policies). When
you find the card, account activity can be resumed as if nothing
had happened. If you do not find it, the card is revoked, and you get
a new one. The consequences of revocation [request] are laid out
in the issuing policy; for example, you may be responsible for
reporting loss of the card to the police, in some countries.


>
>Cheers
>Colm Sheedy
>KPN Research
>

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