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Re: [Fwd: Revocation, etc...]
Carl Ellison wrote:
> The issuer needs to ask himself, "During what interval of time am I
> willing to let the verifier believe this certificate after I know it to be
> false?" The answer to that question should give the validity period of
> either the cert or an on-line revalidation. If the answer is exactly 0,
> then the issuer must demand one-time revalidations.
Surely it is up to the relying party to decide when to do revalidations?
Of course, they should take the advice of the issuer :-)
Cheers,
Ben.
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