Re: A few questions about revoking keys

Gert Doering <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.openvpn.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 04:32:42PM +0100, Bo Berglund wrote:
> You are right about different use cases, but I wanted to share my panic-stricken
> experience when trying to block an ex-employee with the key revoke method not
> understanding that that system relies on a constant server side refresh and that
> failing that ALL(!!!***) connections to the server would fail, not just the
> revoked one....

Understandable.  So, let me second that warning :-) - 

   "if you use the CRL method, be aware that the CRL has an expiry date, 
    and MUST BE REFRESHED before that".

gert
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Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             [email protected]

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