On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Dr. Stephen Henson <[email protected]>wrote:

> 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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Thanks Steve.

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