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3.6 CRL-retrieval reply

3.6 CRL-retrieval reply

A CRL-retrieval reply is an RFC 1421 CRL-type privacy-enhanced message containing retrieved CRLs, their certification paths to the RFC 1422 Internet certification authority, and possibly other certificates.

Since the reply is an ordinary privacy-enhanced message, the retrieved CRLs can be inserted into the requestor's database during normal privacy-enhanced mail processing. The requestor can forward the reply to other requestors to disseminate the CRLs.

Example:

   To: requestor@host.domain
   From: cert-service@ca.domain

   -----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----
   Proc-Type: 4,CRL
   CRL: <issuer's latest CRL>
   Originator-Certificate: <issuer's certificate>
   CRL: <other issuer's latest CRL>
   Originator-Certificate: <other issuer's certificate>
   -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----


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