In public key infrastructure, a validation authority (VA) is an entity that provides a service used to verify the validity or revocation status of a digital certificate per the mechanisms described in the X.509 standard and RFC 5280 (page 69). == Application == The dominant method used for this purpose is to host a certificate revocation list (CRL) for download via the HTTP or LDAP protocols.
In public key infrastructure, a validation authority (VA) is an entity that provides a service used to verify the validity or revocation status of a digital certificate per the mechanisms described in the X.509 standard and RFC 5280 (page 69). == Application == The dominant method used for this purpose is to host a certificate revocation list (CRL) for download via the HTTP or LDAP protocols.
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