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<li><strong>Status Responder Certificate:</strong> Certificate used to identify
an online status responder that uses the Online Certificate Status Protocol
(OCSP) to check the validity of certificates. For more information about
OCSP, see <a href="validation_help.html">Validation Settings</a>.</li>
OCSP, see <a href="validation_help.xhtml">Validation Settings</a>.</li>
<li><strong>SSL Certificate Authority:</strong> Certificate used to identify
a certificate authority&mdash;that is, a service that issues certificates for
use as identification over computer networks.</li>

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nc:name="CRL auto update"
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message is digitally signed and if so, whether the signature is valid.</li>
<p>If validation failed while OCSP was enabled, check the OCSP settings in
<a href="validation_help.html#validation_first">Privacy &amp; Security
Preferences - Validation</a>. If you are not familiar with OCSP, confirm the
settings with your system administrator. If your settings are correct, there
may be a problem with the OCSP service or the certificate used to create the
signature is no longer valid.</p>
<a href=
"validation_help.xhtml#privacy_and_security_preferences_validation">Privacy
&amp; Security Preferences - Validation</a>. If you are not familiar with
OCSP, confirm the settings with your system administrator. If your settings
are correct, there may be a problem with the OCSP service or the certificate
used to create the signature is no longer valid.</p>
<p>If the signature is invalid because of a problem with a certificate's trust
settings, you can use the <a href="certs_help.xhtml">Certificate Manager</a>

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<li><a href="passwords_help.html#Master_Password_Timeout">Master Passwords</a></li>
<li><a href="ssl_help.xhtml">SSL</a></li>
<li><a href="certs_prefs_help.xhtml">Certificates</a></li>
<li><a href="validation_help.html">Validation</a></li>
<li><a href="validation_help.xhtml">Validation</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

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<p><a href="#How_Certificate_Validation_Works">How Validation Works</a></p>
<p><a href="#Managing_CRLs">Managing CRLs</a></p>
<p><a href="#Configuring_Certificate_Manager_for_OCSP">Configuring OCSP</a></p>
<p><a href="#validation_help.html">Validation Settings</a></p>
<p><a href="#validation_help.xhtml">Validation Settings</a></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<p>One way to combat this threat is for Certificate Manager to check a certificate revocation list (CRL) as part of the verification process (see <a href="#Managing_CRLs">Managing CRLs</a>, below). Typically, you download a CRL to your browser by clicking a link. If a CRL is present, Certificate Manager checks any certificate issued by the same CA against the list as part of the verification process.
<p>The reliability of CRLs depends on the frequency with which they are both updated by a server and checked by a client. You can configure your <a href="validation_help.html#auto_crl_update_prefs">Automatic CRL Update Preferences</a> so that a CRL will be updated automatically at regular intervals with the version currently on the server.
<p>The reliability of CRLs depends on the frequency with which they are both updated by a server and checked by a client. You can configure your <a href="validation_help.xhtml#automatic_crl_update_preferences">Automatic CRL Update Preferences</a> so that a CRL will be updated automatically at regular intervals with the version currently on the server.
<p>Another way to combat the threat of compromised certificates is to use a special server that supports the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP). Such a server can answer client queries about individual certificates (see <a href="#Configuring_Certificate_Manager_for_OCSP">Configuring OCSP</a>, below).
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<p>This section describes how to import and manage CRLs. <p>For background information, see <a href="#How_Certificate_Validation_Works">How Validation Works</a>.
<p>For detailed descriptions of CRL settings that you can control, see <a href="validation_help.html">Validation Settings</a>.</p>
<p>For detailed descriptions of CRL settings that you can control, see <a href="validation_help.xhtml">Validation Settings</a>.</p>
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<li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, click Validation. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &amp; Security to expand the list.)
</ol>
<p>For information about the OCSP options available, see <a href="validation_help.html#OCSP">OCSP</a>.
<p>For information about the OCSP options available, see <a href="validation_help.xhtml#ocsp">OCSP</a>.
<p>
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<a NAME="validation_settings"></a>
<a NAME="validation:settingsIDX"></a>
<a NAME="settings:validationIDX"></a>
<h1 id="validation_settings">Validation Settings</h1>
<hr><h1>Validation Settings</h1>
<p>This section describes how to set Validation preferences and how to control
Certificate Revocation List (CRL) settings.</p>
<p>This section describes how to set Validation preferences and how to control Certificate Revocation List (CRL) settings.
<p>For step-by-step descriptions of various tasks related to validation and
CRLs, see <a href="using_certs_help.html#using_certs_validation">How
Certificate Validation Works</a>.</p>
<p>For step-by-step descriptions of various tasks related to validation and CRLs, see <a href="using_certs_help.html#using_certs_validation">How Certificate Validation Works</a>.
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
<ul>
<li><a href="#privacy_and_security_preferences_validation">Privacy &amp;
Security Preferences - Validation</a></li>
<li><a href="#manage_crls">Manage CRLs</a></li>
<li><a href="#crl_import_status">CRL Import Status</a></li>
<li><a href="#automatic_crl_update_preferences">Automatic CRL Update
Preferences</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<table cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" Width=324>
<tr>
<td class="inthissection">
<p>In this section:</p>
<p><a href="#validation_first">Privacy &amp; Security Preferences - Validation</a></p>
<p><a href="#manage_CRLs_dialog">Manage CRLs</a></p>
<p><a href="#crl_import_status">CRL Import Status</a></p>
<p><a href="#auto_crl_update_prefs">Automatic CRL Update Preferences</a></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2 id="privacy_and_security_preferences_validation">Privacy &amp; Security
Preferences - Validation</h2>
<hr>
<a NAME="validation_first"></a>
<a NAME="validation:OCSPIDX"></a>
<a NAME="validation:CRLsIDX"></a>
<a NAME="OCSP:preferencesIDX"></a>
<a NAME="CRLs:preferencesIDX"></a>
<a NAME="preferences:validationIDX"></a>
<h2>Privacy &amp; Security Preferences - Validation</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the Validation Settings panel. If you are not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:
<p>This section describes how to use the Validation Settings panel. If you are
not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
<li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, click Validation. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &amp; Security to expand the list.)
<li>Open the Edit menu (&brandShortName; menu on Mac OS X) and choose
Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, click Validation. (If no
subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &amp; Security to expand
the list.)</li>
</ol>
<p>For background information on certificate validation, see <a href="using_certs_help.html#using_certs_validation">How Certificate Validation Works</a>.
<p>&nbsp;
<a NAME="CRL"></a>
<h3>CRL</h3>
<p>A certificate revocation list (CRL) is a list of revoked certificates that is generated and signed by a <a href="glossary.xhtml#certificate_authority">certificate authority (CA)</a>. It's possible to download a CRL to your browser, which can check it to ensure that certificates are still valid before permitting their use for authentication. <P>
<p>Click Manage CRLs to see a list of the CRLs available to Certificate Manager.
<p>For more information about managing CRLs, see <a href="using_certs_help.html#Managing_CRLs">Managing CRLs</a>.
<p>For background information on certificate validation, see
<a href="using_certs_help.html#using_certs_validation">How Certificate
Validation Works</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;
<a NAME="OCSP"></a>
<h3>OCSP</h3>
<h3 id="crl">CRL</h3>
<p>The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) makes it possible for Certificate Manager to perform an online check of a certificate's validity each time the certificate is viewed or used. This process involves checking the certificate against a certificate revocation list (CRL) maintained at a specified web site. Your computer must be online for OCSP to work.</P>
<p>A certificate revocation list (CRL) is a list of revoked certificates that
is generated and signed by a
<a href="glossary.xhtml#certificate_authority">certificate authority
(CA)</a>. It&apos;s possible to download a CRL to your browser, which can
check it to ensure that certificates are still valid before permitting their
use for authentication.</p>
<p>To specify how Certificate Manager uses OCSP, choose one of these settings in the OCSP section of Validation Settings:</P>
<p>Click Manage CRLs to see a list of the CRLs available to Certificate
Manager.</p>
<p>For more information about managing CRLs, see
<a href="using_certs_help.html#Managing_CRLs">Managing CRLs</a>.</p>
<h3 id="ocsp">OCSP</h3>
<p>The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) makes it possible for
Certificate Manager to perform an online check of a certificate&apos;s
validity each time the certificate is viewed or used. This process involves
checking the certificate against a certificate revocation list (CRL)
maintained at a specified website. Your computer must be online for OCSP to
work.</p>
<p>To specify how Certificate Manager uses OCSP, choose one of these settings
in the OCSP section of Validation Settings:</p>
<ul>
<LI><B>Do not use OCSP for certificate verification.</B> Select this setting if you don't want Certificate Manager to perform an online status check each time it verifies a certificate. Instead, whenever Certificate Manager performs <a href="glossary.xhtml#certificate_verification">certificate verification</a>, it only confirms the certificate's validity period and that it is correctly signed by a CA whose own CA certificate is both listed under the CA Certificates tab (in the main Certificate Manager window) and marked as trusted for issuing that kind of certificate.</LI>
<LI><B>Use OCSP to verify only certificates that specify an OCSP service URL.</B> Select this setting if you want Certificate Manager perform an online status check each time it verifies a certificate that specifies a URL for the purpose of performing such a check. If a URL is specified by the certificate, Certificate Manager makes sure that the certificate is listed there as valid and checks the validity period and trust settings.</LI>
<LI><B>Use OCSP to verify all certificates, using the URL and signer specified here.</B> Select this setting if you want Certificate Manager to perform an online status check each time it verifies any certificate. If you select this setting, you should also choose the certificate from the Response Signer pop-up menu that identifies the signer of the OCSP responses. With this setting, the only certificates Certificate Manager recognizes are those that can be verified by an OCSP response signed with the Response Signer certificate (or signed using a certificate that chains to it).
<li><strong>Do not use OCSP for certificate verification.</strong> Select
this setting if you don&apos;t want Certificate Manager to perform an
online status check each time it verifies a certificate. Instead, whenever
Certificate Manager performs
<a href="glossary.xhtml#certificate_verification">certificate
verification</a>, it only confirms the certificate&apos;s validity period
and that it is correctly signed by a CA whose own CA certificate is both
listed under the CA Certificates tab (in the main Certificate Manager
window) and marked as trusted for issuing that kind of certificate.</li>
<li><strong>Use OCSP to verify only certificates that specify an OCSP service
URL.</strong> Select this setting if you want Certificate Manager perform
an online status check each time it verifies a certificate that specifies a
URL for the purpose of performing such a check. If a URL is specified by
the certificate, Certificate Manager makes sure that the certificate is
listed there as valid and checks the validity period and trust
settings.</li>
<li><strong>Use OCSP to verify all certificates, using the URL and signer
specified here.</strong> Select this setting if you want Certificate
Manager to perform an online status check each time it verifies any
certificate. If you select this setting, you should also choose the
certificate from the Response Signer pop-up menu that identifies the signer
of the OCSP responses. With this setting, the only certificates Certificate
Manager recognizes are those that can be verified by an OCSP response
signed with the Response Signer certificate (or signed using a certificate
that chains to it).
<p>When you choose a Response Signer certificate from the pop-up menu, Certificate Manager fills in the Service URL (if available) for that signer automatically. If the Service URL is not filled in automatically, you must provide it yourself; ask your system administrator for details.</LI>
<p>When you choose a Response Signer certificate from the pop-up menu,
Certificate Manager fills in the Service URL (if available) for that
signer automatically. If the Service URL is not filled in automatically,
you must provide it yourself; ask your system administrator for
details.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="manage_crls">Manage CRLs</h2>
<hr>
<a NAME="manage_CRLs_dialog"></a>
<a NAME="validation:managing_CRLsIDX"></a>
<a NAME="CRLs:managingIDX"></a>
<h2>Manage CRLs</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the Manage CRLs dialog box. To view it,
follow these steps:</p>
<p>This section describes how to use the Manage CRLs dialog box. To view it, follow these steps:
<ol>
<li>Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
<li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, click Validation. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &amp; Security to expand the list.)
<li>Click Manage CRLs.
<li>Open the Edit menu (&brandShortName; menu on Mac OS X) and choose
Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, click Validation. (If no
subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &amp; Security to expand
the list.)</li>
<li>Click Manage CRLs.</li>
</ol>
<p>This dialog box displays a list of the <a href="glossary.xhtml#certificate_revocation_list">CRLs</a> that you have downloaded for use by your browser. Typically, you download a CRL by clicking a URL. FOr information about how CRLs work, see <a href="using_certs_help.html#Managing_CRLs">Managing CRLs</a>.
<p>This dialog box displays a list of the
<a href="glossary.xhtml#certificate_revocation_list">CRLs</a> that you have
downloaded for use by your browser. Typically, you download a CRL by
clicking a URL. For information about how CRLs work, see
<a href="using_certs_help.html#Managing_CRLs">Managing CRLs</a>.</p>
<p>To select a CRL, click it. You can then perform any of these actions:
<p>To select a CRL, click it. You can then perform any of these actions:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>Delete:</b> Deletes the CRL permanently from your hard disk. Don't do this unless you're sure you no longer need the CRL for validating certificates. If in doubt, consult your system administrator.
<li><b>Settings:</b> Opens the <a href="#auto_crl_update_prefs">Automatic CRL Update Preferences</a> dialog box, which allows you to activate automatic CRL updates for the selected CRL and specify how frequently they should be performed.
<li><b>Update:</b> Immediately updates the selected CRL (if possible).
</ul>
<p>The Manage CRLs dialog box provides the following information about each CRL:
<ul>
<li><b>Organization (O):</b> The name of the organization that issued the CRL.
<li><b>Organizational Unit (OU):</b> The name of the organizational unit that issued the CRL (such as the root CA for a particular kind of certificate).
<li><b>Last Update:</b> The date on which the browser's copy of this CRL was last updated.
<li><b>Next Update:</b> The next date on which an updated version of this CRL will be published by the CRL issuer.
<li><b>Auto Update:</b> Indicates whether Auto Update has been enabled for this CRL. To view the settings that control auto updating, select the CRL and click Settings.
<li><b>Auto Update Status:</b>
<ul>
<li>If Auto Update has not been enabled, or if it has been enabled but the next scheduled update has not yet occurrred, this field will be blank.
<li>After at least one auto update has occurred, this field shows &quot;failed&quot; if the most recent auto update failed, or &quot;OK&quot; if the most recent auto update was successful.
</ul></ul>
<hr>
<a NAME="crl_import_status"></a>
<a NAME="validation:managing_CRLsIDX"></a>
<a NAME="CRLs:import_status_of"></a>
<h2>CRL Import Status</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the CRL Import Status dialog box, which appears when you first attempt to import a CRL or when you successfully update it manually.
<p>This dialog box informs you
<ul>
<li>whether your attempt to import or update the CRL was successful
<li>what organization issued the CRL
<li>when the next update of this CRL will be published
<li>whether Automatic Update is enabled for this CRL
<li><strong>Delete:</strong> Deletes the CRL permanently from your hard disk.
Don&apos;t do this unless you&apos;re sure you no longer need the CRL for
validating certificates. If in doubt, consult your system
administrator.</li>
<li><strong>Settings:</strong> Opens the
<a href="#automatic_crl_update_preferences">Automatic CRL Update
Preferences</a> dialog box, which allows you to activate automatic CRL
updates for the selected CRL and specify how frequently they should be
performed.</li>
<li><strong>Update:</strong> Immediately updates the selected CRL
(if possible).</li>
</ul>
<p>If Automatic Update is not enabled, you can turn it on from here:
<p>The Manage CRLs dialog box provides the following information about each
CRL:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>Yes:</b> Click Yes to enable automatic updating of this CRL. If you click this button, the Automatic CRL Update Preferences dialog box appears next. The next section describes how to set these preferences.
<li><b>No:</b> Click No if you wish to leave Automatic Update disabled.
<li><strong>Organization (O):</strong> The name of the organization that
issued the CRL.</li>
<li><strong>Organizational Unit (OU):</strong> The name of the organizational
unit that issued the CRL (such as the root CA for a particular kind of
certificate).</li>
<li><strong>Last Update:</strong> The date on which the browser&apos;s copy
of this CRL was last updated.</li>
<li><strong>Next Update:</strong> The next date on which an updated version
of this CRL will be published by the CRL issuer.</li>
<li><strong>Auto Update:</strong> Indicates whether Auto Update has been
enabled for this CRL. To view the settings that control auto updating,
select the CRL and click Settings.</li>
<li><strong>Auto Update Status:</strong>
<ul>
<li>If Auto Update has not been enabled, or if it has been enabled but
the next scheduled update has not yet occurrred, this field will be
blank.</li>
<li>After at least one auto update has occurred, this field shows
&quot;failed&quot; if the most recent auto update failed, or
&quot;OK&quot; if the most recent auto update was successful.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<a NAME="auto_crl_update_prefs"></a>
<a NAME="validation:auto_updating_CRLsIDX"></a>
<a NAME="CRLs:auto_upates_forIDX"></a>
<h2>Automatic CRL Update Preferences</h2>
<h2 id="crl_import_status">CRL Import Status</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the CRL Import Status dialog box, which
appears when you first attempt to import a CRL or when you successfully
update it manually.</p>
<p>This dialog box informs you</p>
<ul>
<li>whether your attempt to import or update the CRL was successful</li>
<li>what organization issued the CRL</li>
<li>when the next update of this CRL will be published</li>
<li>whether Automatic Update is enabled for this CRL</li>
</ul>
<p>If Automatic Update is not enabled, you can turn it on from here:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Yes:</strong> Click Yes to enable automatic updating of this CRL.
If you click this button, the Automatic CRL Update Preferences dialog box
appears next. The next section describes how to set these preferences.</li>
<li><strong>No:</strong> Click No if you wish to leave Automatic Update
disabled.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="automatic_crl_update_preferences">Automatic CRL Update Preferences</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the Automatic CRL Update Preferences
dialog box. If you are not already viewing it, follow these steps:</p>
<p>This section describes how to use the Automatic CRL Update Preferences dialog box. If you are not already viewing it, follow these steps:
<ol>
<li>Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
<li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, click Validation. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &amp; Security to expand the list.)
<li>Click Manage CRLs, then select the CRL whose auto update preferences you want to view or change.
<li>Click Settings.
<li>Open the Edit menu (&brandShortName; menu on Mac OS X) and choose
Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, click Validation. (If no
subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &amp; Security to expand
the list.)</li>
<li>Click Manage CRLs, then select the CRL whose auto update preferences you
want to view or change.</li>
<li>Click Settings.</li>
</ol>
<p>This dialog box displays the following options and information:
<p>This dialog box displays the following options and information:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>Enable Automatic Update for this CRL:</b> Select this option if you want the CRL you selected to be updated automatically according to the schedule you set here. (Note that you can't select this option if the CRL doesn't specify a Next Update date.)
<p>If you enable Automatic Update, you must select one of these radio buttons:
<ul>
<li><b>Update X days before Next Update date.</b> Select this option if you want to base the update frequency on the frequency with which the CRL publisher publishes a new version of the CRL.
<li><b>Update every X days.</b> Select this option if you want to specify an update interval unrelated to the CRL's Next Update date.
</ul>
<li><b>CRL would be imported from:</b> Indicates the URL from which the browser originally imported the CRL. This setting cannot be changed. To specify a different location, delete the CRL and re-import it from the new location.
<li><b>Previous Consecutive Update Failures:</b> Indicates how many times update attempts for this CRL have failed consecutively, including the most recent failure:
<ul>
<li> If the most recent attempt was successful, this reads "None" even if there were previous unsuccessful attempts.
<li>If the most recent attempt failed, this indicates the number of consecutive failures and the error message for the most recent failure.
</ul></ul>
<li><strong>Enable Automatic Update for this CRL:</strong> Select this option
if you want the CRL you selected to be updated automatically according to
the schedule you set here. (Note that you can&apos;t select this option if
the CRL doesn&apos;t specify a Next Update date.)
<p>Click OK to confirm your choices.
<p>If you enable Automatic Update, you must select one of these radio
buttons:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Update X days before Next Update date.</strong> Select this
option if you want to base the update frequency on the frequency with
which the CRL publisher publishes a new version of the CRL.</li>
<li><strong>Update every X days.</strong> Select this option if you want
to specify an update interval unrelated to the CRL&apos;s Next Update
date.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>CRL would be imported from:</strong> Indicates the URL from which
the browser originally imported the CRL. This setting cannot be changed. To
specify a different location, delete the CRL and re-import it from the new
location.</li>
<li><strong>Previous Consecutive Update Failures:</strong> Indicates how
many times update attempts for this CRL have failed consecutively,
including the most recent failure:
<ul>
<li>If the most recent attempt was successful, this reads
&quot;None&quot; even if there were previous unsuccessful
attempts.</li>
<li>If the most recent attempt failed, this indicates the number of
consecutive failures and the error message for the most recent
failure.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Click OK to confirm your choices.</p>
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