: Certificate revocation status monitoring
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Certificate revocation status monitoring

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Certificate revocation status monitoring

Next-Gen Trust Security automatically checks the revocation status of non-expired, public (DNS-resolvable) certificates every six hours using Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs). These checks apply only to leaf and intermediate certificates that are stored in the Certificates inventory.
Important: Root certificates cannot be revoked and are not included in revocation status monitoring.

Manually search a certificate's revocation information

You can manually search and review the current revocation status of a certificate in Next-Gen Trust Security.
  1. In the menu bar, go to Inventory > Certificates.
  2. In the Certificates list, click a certificate to view its details.You can also use filters to locate a specific certificate.
  3. Click Revocation to view revocation-related data.

Understanding certificate revocation information

The Revocation tab in the certificate details view shows information about the certificate’s revocation state as reported by the issuing CA. The following table describes the revocation data fields you might see:
FieldDescription
Revocation statusThe current trust status of the certificate as reported by the issuing CA. Possible values: Valid (certificate is active and trusted), Revoked (certificate has been revoked), Unavailable (revocation status could not be verified, for example if the CA endpoint is unreachable).
Revocation dateThe date and time when the certificate was officially revoked by the CA.
Revocation reasonThe reason provided by the issuing CA for revoking the certificate (for example, Superseded).