SY0-301 · Question #481
Public key certificates and keys that are compromised or were issued fraudulently are listed on which of the following?
The correct answer is D. CRL. A Certificate Revocation List (CRL) is a published list of digital certificates that have been revoked before their expiration date due to compromise or fraudulent issuance. Any relying party can check the CRL to determine if a certificate should be trusted.
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Public key certificates and keys that are compromised or were issued fraudulently are listed on which of the following?
Options
- APKI
- BACL
- CCA
- DCRL
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Why each option
A Certificate Revocation List (CRL) is a published list of digital certificates that have been revoked before their expiration date due to compromise or fraudulent issuance. Any relying party can check the CRL to determine if a certificate should be trusted.
PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) is the entire framework of policies, hardware, software, and procedures used to manage digital certificates - it is the system, not a specific revocation list.
An ACL (Access Control List) is used to control permissions to resources on a network or system and has no role in certificate revocation or PKI.
A CA (Certificate Authority) issues and signs certificates and publishes the CRL, but the CA itself is not the list - the CRL is the specific artifact that contains revoked certificate entries.
The CRL (Certificate Revocation List) is a data structure signed by a Certificate Authority that explicitly lists certificates that have been revoked. When a certificate is compromised or was issued fraudulently, the CA adds its serial number to the CRL so that clients can check validity before trusting it. This is a fundamental mechanism of PKI trust management.
Concept tested: Certificate Revocation List (CRL) purpose
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-cs/manage-certificate-revocation
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