I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-pkix-ocdp-01.txt

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	Title		: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure  
                          ENHANCED CRL DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS
	Author(s)	: W. Ford, P. Hallam-Baker
	Filename	: draft-ietf-pkix-ocdp-01.txt
	Pages		: 6
	Date		: 11-Aug-98
	
This Internet Draft specifies some proposed enhancements to the X.509
CRL mechanism used to determine if a public-key certificate is valid or
revoked.  These enhancements provide advantages over existing CRL
mechanisms, including those that use static CRL partitioning as defined
in ISO/IEC 9504-8/ITU-T Rec. X.509.  In particular, the mechanisms
proposed can:
 
(a) reduce the need for unnecessarily fetching unchanged CRLs, thereby
greatly expanding the value of caching CRLs;
(b) allow CRL timeliness to be improved;
(c) accommodate dynamic partitioning as opposed to fixed partitioning;
(d) better support use of certificates in multiple environments with
different CRL stores.
 
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future IETF standardization.  Please send comments on this document to
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