Privacy & Security Preferences - Validation

This section describes how to use the Validation Settings panel. If you are not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Under the Privacy & Security category, choose Validation. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.)

For background information on certificate validation, see How Certificate Validation Works.

 

CRL

A certificate revocation list (CRL) is a list of revoked certificates that is generated and signed by a certificate authority (CA). It's possible to download a CRL to your browser, which can check it to ensure that certificates are still valid before permitting their use for authentication.

Click Manage CRLs to see a list of the CRLs available to Certificate Manager.

To delete a CRL, select it and then click Delete.

For more information about CRLs, see Managing CRLs.

 

OCSP

The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) makes it possible for Certificate Manager to perform an online check of a certificate's validity each time the certificate is viewed or used. This process involves checking the certificate against a certificate revocation list (CRL) maintained at a specified web site. Your computer must be online for OCSP to work.

To specify how Certificate Manager uses OCSP, choose one of these settings in the OCSP section of Validation Settings:

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8/31/2001

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