Certificate Revocation : A Survey
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With the increasing acceptance of digital certificates, there has been a gaining impetus for methods to nullify the compromised digital certificates and enable the end user to receive this information before he trusts a revoked certificate. The problem of certificate revocation is getting more and more crucial with the development of wide spread PKIs. We discuss the need and importance of revocation and identify and discuss the options that may be considered by those undertaking to address the revocation of digital certificates.
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