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Criticality
This extension may be critical or noncritical.
Discussion
The Certificate Policies extension defines one or more policies, each of which
consists of an OID and optional qualifiers. The extension can include a URI to the
issuer's Certificate Practice Statement or can embed issuer policy information, such
as a user notice in text form. This information can be used by certificate-enabled
applications.
If this extension is present, PKIX Part 1 recommends that policies be identified with
an OID only, or if necessary only certain recommended qualifiers.
CMS Version Support
Refer to "CertificatePoliciesExt Plug-in Module" on page 148.
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CMS 4.1: Not supported
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CMS 4.2: Supported
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CMS 4.2-SP2: Supported
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CMS 4.5: Supported
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CMS 6.0: Supported
Netscape Recommendation
Netscape recommends that this extension be included at the discretion of the
certificate issuer.
Microsoft Recommendation
Microsoft recommends that this extension be included in all certificates.
cRLDistributionPoints
OID
2.5.29.31
Reference
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2459.txt
Criticality
PKIX recommends that this extension be marked noncritical and that it be
supported for all certificates.
Standard X.509 v3 Certificate Extensions
4.2.1.14
Appendix C
Certificate and CRL Extensions
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