Certificaterenewalwindowext - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Table 11-18 CertificatePoliciesExt Configuration Parameters (Continued)
Parameter
organizationName
cpsURI
displayText

CertificateRenewalWindowExt

The
Certificate Renewal Window Extension to certificates. The extension aids in managing
the life cycle of a certificate by specifying a process to follow for renewing a
certificate and by defining a time window when automatic renewal of the
certificate should be attempted.
Description
Example: 2.16.840.1.113730.1.99
Specifies the name of the organization that owns the OID or is the owner of the
policy statement referenced by the OID.
Example: Example Corporation
Specifies the location where the Certification Practice Statement published by the
CA (that has issued the certificate) can be found.
Permissible values: An IA5String value. The PKIX standard recommends that the
pointer should be in the form of a URI.
Example: http://testCA.example.com/CPS_statement
Specifies the textual statement to be included in certificates; this parameter
corresponds to the explicitText field of the user notice. If you want to embed a
textual statement (for example, your company's legal notice) in certificates, then
add that statement here. The text you enter here will be displayed to a relying party
when the certificate is used or viewed.
Note that certain applications may not have the capability to display this text. Also,
embedding a policy statement in a certificate increases its size.
If you specify values for both policyId and displayText parameters and if the
application software cannot locate the notice text indicated by the policyId
parameter, then it is supposed to display the embedded notice; otherwise, it's
supposed to display the information specified by the policyId parameter. (This
feature is application specific and
Permissible values: A string with up to 200 characters.
Example: Example Corporation's CPS incorp. by reference liab.
ltd. (c) 2002 Example Corporation
CertificateRenewalWindowExt
Extension-Specific Policy Module Reference
CMS
has no control over it.)
plug-in module enables you to add the
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