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Defaults Reference
450 Netscape Certificate Management System Administrator’s Guide • June 2003
CRL Distribution Points Extension Default
This default populates the CRL Distribution points extension in the certificate
request. This extension, when present in a certificate, identifies one or more
locations from which an application that is validating the certificate can obtain the
CRL information (to verify the revocation status of the certificate).
For general information about this extension, see “CRLDistributionPoints” on
page 760.
You can define the following constraints with this default:
• Extension Constraint, see “Extension Constraint,” on page 473
• No Constraints, see “No Constraint,” on page 475
This default allows you to define 5 locations and specify parameters for each
location. The parameters are marked with an
<n>
in the table to distinguish that the
parameter is associated with one of the five possible locations.
Table 10-3 CRL Distribution Points Extension Configuration Parameters
Parameter Description
Critical
Select true to mark this extension critical; select false to
mark the extension noncritical.
Type_<n>
Specifies the type of the CRL distribution point.
Permissible values:
DirectoryName
,
URIName
, or
RelativeToIssuer
. The type you select must
correspond to the value in the
Name
field.
Name_<n>
Specifies the name of the CRL distribution point, the
name can be in any of the following formats:
• An X.500 directory name in the RFC 2253 syntax. For
example, the name would look similar to the subject
name in a certificate, like this:
CN=CA Central,
OU=Research Dept, O=Example Corporation,
C=US
• A URIName; for example, it would look similar to
this:
http://testCA.example.com:80
• An
RDN
which specifies a location relative to the CRL
Issuer. In this case, the value of the
Type
attribute
must be
RelativeToIssuer
.