On Wed, Jun 02, 2010, Arunkumar Manickam wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> with openssl 1.0,  x509_vfy.c, check_cert function loops in to issue
> callback get_crl on a condition ctx->current_reasons != CRLDP_ALL_REASONS .
> 
> Can some one explain what is the use of CRLDP_ALL_REASONS and who should set
> ctx->current_reasons to CRLDP_ALL_REASONS in case a get_crl callback has
> been registered.
> 

CRLs can be paritioned by reason code meaning you have to look in multiple
CRLs to ensure a certificate is valid. I've never seen this done outside
compliance tests though.

Steve.
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