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CRL Extension Reference
610 Netscape Certificate Management System Administrator’s Guide • February 2003
DeltaCRLIndicator
The
DeltaCRL
rule enables you to configure a Certificate Manager to set the CRL
DeltaCRLIndicator Extension in CRLs. The extension is included in generated deltas,
which constitutes them and provides reference to the base CRL. Enabling this
extension also enables the generation of delta CRLs for this issuing point.
FreshestCRL
The
FreshestCRL
rule enables you to configure a Certificate Manager to set the
FreshestCRL Extension in CRLs. This extension is placed in the full CRL to indicate
where to find latest delta CRL.
Table 14-4 DeltaCRL Configuration Parameters
Parameter Description
enable
Specifies whether the rule is enabled or disabled. Select to enable, deselect
to disable (default).
critical
Select if you want the server to mark the extension critical (default);
deselect if you want the server to mark the extension noncritical.
Table 14-5 FreshestCRL Configuration Parameters
Parameter Description
enable
Specifies whether the rule is enabled or disabled. Select to enable,
deselect to disable (default).
critical
Select if you want the server to mark the extension critical; deselect if
you want the server to mark the extension noncritical (default).
numPoints
Indicates the number of issuing points for delta CRL. Can be set to
0
or any positive integer, the default is
0
.
Note: When you set this to an integer other than 0, you need to set this
and then click OK to close this window. You then edit this rule again
and the fields to set these points will be present in the interface.
pointType<n>
Specifies the type of issuing point for the <n> issuing point. For each
number specified in
numPoints
, there will be an equivalent number
of numbered
pointType
parameters.
Select
DirectoryName
or
URI
.