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Overview of CRL Extension Modules
Overview of CRL Extension Modules
To enable you issue or publish X.509 v2 CRLs (that is, CRLs with extensions),
Certificate Management System provides a set of plug-in modules; each module
enables you to configure the Certificate Manager to set a particular CRL or
CRL-entry extension in CRLs it issues. Plug-in modules are implemented as Java
classes and are registered in the CMS publishing framework. The CRL Extensions
Management tab of the CMS window (Figure 7-1) lists all the modules that are
registered with a Certificate Manager.
When deciding whether to add CRL extensions, keep in mind that not all
applications support version 2 CRLs. Among the applications that do support
extensions, not all applications will recognize every extension. For general
guidelines on using these extensions in CRLs, see Appendix C, "Certificate and
CRL Extensions."
Figure 7-1
Table 7-1 lists CRL extension modules that are installed with a Certificate Manager.
For instructions on how to configure a Certificate Manager to set CRL extensions,
see section "Configuring a Certificate Manager to Publish Certificates and CRLs" in
Chapter 19, "Setting Up LDAP Publishing" of CMS Installation and Setup Guide.
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Default CRL extension modules registered with a Certificate Manager
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