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RE: CRL question



Thanks for the answer. Just wanted to get rid of denial of service when using TLS since CRLs only are valid for a relative short time. But I guess that's not possible then... 

>joakim@comex.se wrote:
>> 
>> I'm using Openldap with TLS and CRL.
>> My slapd.conf file has the line "TLSCRLCheck all".
>
>Are you using client certificates for authentication?

Yes. 

>> When the CRL has expired the client is not allowed to
>> make a TLS connection.
>
>Well, that's how a relying party in a X.509 PKI is supposed to act. The
>the CRL is expired a cert cannot be used (trusted).
>
>> My question is whether it is possible to configure openldap to let the
>> client connect to the server (possibly with a warning) even when the CRL
>> has expired.
>
>Don't use CRL checking if you don't want it have an effect.
>Simply like that.
>
>Ciao, Michael.
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