Netscape Certificate Management System 6.2, Administrator'S Manual

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Extension-Specific Policy Module Reference
Chapter 11 Policies 515
CertificateRenewalWindowExt
The
CertificateRenewalWindowExt
plug-in module enables you to add the
Certificate Renewal Window Extension to certificates. The extension aids in managing
the life cycle of a certificate by specifying a process to follow for renewing a
certificate and by defining a time window when automatic renewal of the
certificate should be attempted.
Example:
2.16.840.1.113730.1.99
organizationName
Specifies the name of the organization that owns the OID or is the owner of the
policy statement referenced by the OID.
Example:
Example Corporation
cpsURI
Specifies the location where the Certification Practice Statement published by the
CA (that has issued the certificate) can be found.
Permissible values: An IA5String value. The PKIX standard recommends that the
pointer should be in the form of a URI.
Example:
http://testCA.example.com/CPS_statement
displayText
Specifies the textual statement to be included in certificates; this parameter
corresponds to the
explicitText
field of the user notice. If you want to embed a
textual statement (for example, your company’s legal notice) in certificates, then
add that statement here. The text you enter here will be displayed to a relying party
when the certificate is used or viewed.
Note that certain applications may not have the capability to display this text. Also,
embedding a policy statement in a certificate increases its size.
If you specify values for both
policyId
and
displayText
parameters and if the
application software cannot locate the notice text indicated by the
policyId
parameter, then it is supposed to display the embedded notice; otherwise, it’s
supposed to display the information specified by the
policyId
parameter. (This
feature is application specific and
CMS
has no control over it.)
Permissible values: A string with up to 200 characters.
Example:
Example Corporation’s CPS incorp. by reference liab.
ltd. (c) 2002 Example Corporation
Table 11-18 CertificatePoliciesExt Configuration Parameters (Continued)
Parameter Description