On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 11:13:11AM -0500, Matthew Hardeman wrote:
> Assuming that the subscriber agreement provided for an annual fee for
> certificates issued under the agreement, or incorporated such contractual
> terms with the subscriber, it seems like revocation for privilegeWithdrawn
> would be the correct code.  It also appears that Mozilla's new policy would
> allow for that in the bullet under privilegeWithdrawn which reads "the CA
> operator is made aware that the certificate subscriber has violated one or
> more of its material obligations under the subscriber agreement or terms of
> use".

I suppose so. It's dissapointing, it allows CAs to use revocation as a sabre to 
rattle to keep subscribers acquiescent.

> Presumably the use case here is providing a certificate with max
> permissible validity for ease of install/maintenance but billing for said
> certificate on a subscription basis without requiring full payment for the
> period up front?

Sure, "protection racket" is such an ugly term :)

Tavis.

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