[cabfpub] [Ext] How do you handle mass revocation requests?

[Paul Hoffman]

On Mar 2, 2018, at 6:04 AM, philliph--- via Public <public at cabforum.org> wrote:
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> Going back to the original question.
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> We have a format for a certificate request (well a few actually). Do we have a PKIX feature that can be used to allow a key holder to request revocation? I can’t think of a PKIX standard for one

I'm 99% sure that Phill is correct here. We discussed "suicide notes" in PKIX a few times over the decades, and I believe we never came to any conclusion. If such a format has been standardized, I can't find it easily by searching.

> and it does appear to be a missing feature.

In a world where you might have bought a certificate from a CA or, in particular, a reseller with whom you might no longer be able to communicate (such as if they go out of business), being able to create a signed request with proof-of-possesion of the private key would be a valuable feature for the Web PKI.

--Paul Hoffman