RE: status of the nation...

It means that the issuer makes no assertion as to the status of the
certificate after the expiry period.


Phillip Hallam-Baker FBCS C.Eng.
Principal Scientist
VeriSign Inc.
pbaker@verisign.com
781 245 6996 x227


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Reagle [mailto:reagle@w3.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 1:42 PM
> To: Hallam-Baker, Phillip; 'stephen.farrell@baltimore.ie';
> www-xkms@w3.org
> Subject: Re: status of the nation...
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 05 March 2002 13:02, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
> > In most cases then a responder sending back invalid would 
> be expected to
> > send back a start date with no end date. But it is possible that a
> > responder would need to send back invalid with a validity 
> interval closed
> > at both ends.
> 
> Why would that be? What does it mean if it is closed for the time 
> afterwards? (Regardless, the answer should be documented.)
> 
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> 
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>