CRL

acronym

cryptographysecurity

Stands for: Certificate Revocation List

A published list of certificates that have been revoked.

Certificate Revocation List (RFC 5280) is a signed list a CA publishes of certificates no longer valid before their expiry. A client may download the CRL, or use the lighter-weight OCSP, to check whether a certificate has been revoked.

Also known as: crl

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