Does KCA publish reason codes for revoked certificates?
Originally Published: 2001-10-08
Article Number
Applies To
Microsoft Windows NT Server
Keon Certificate Authority 5.7
Issue
KCA operating normally
CRL is published to LDAP or HTTP
There are no reason codes given for certificates revoked by KCA
Cause
Resolution
unspecified (0),
keyCompromise (1),
cACompromise (2),
affiliationChanged (3),
superseded (4),
cessationOfOperation (5),
certificateHold (6),
removeFromCRL (8)
"Unspecified" is universally the default reason code. When KCA decides to publish this, rather than give the reason code along with the revocation it defaults to giving nothing for the reason (applications such as OCSP will pick this up as the unspecified code)
When you publish a suspended certificate in the CRL. the reason code specified by KCA is then reason 6 "certificateHold" and this can be seen in Internet Explorer.
See also Can you specify a reason code for a revoked certificate in KCA?
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