Steps for revoking or suspending a certificate
Revoking or suspending a certificate means that you cannot continue to use the certificate. You might want to permanently revoke your certificate if you suspect your private key has been compromised. You might want to suspend (temporarily revoke) your certificate if you want to discontinue using it for a period of time (known as the suspension grace period).
If you suspend your certificate, the PKI administrator can resume (reactivate) the certificate, or permanently revoke it, if the certificate has not yet expired and the grace period has not elapsed. If the grace period has elapsed, the certificate is permanently revoked the next time the certificate revocation lists (CRLs) are issued.
- On the PKI Services home page
(see Figure 1), click Renew or revoke certificate. This
displays a popup window with a list of certificates, as in Figure 1.
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- The popup window might list more than one certificate. The certificates
are listed by nickname in the order they are installed in the browser.
You might not be able to identify the PKI Services certificate
you want to revoke or suspend. Highlight the entry that you think
is the right one and click OK. If the certificate you selected
is one that PKI Services issued
and it is not expired or revoked, this displays the "Renew or revoke
a browser certificate" web page. (See Steps for renewing a certificate.) Note: If this is not the PKI Services certificate you want to revoke or suspend, you need to close your browser before again clicking Renew or revoke certificate as in Step 1.
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- Make sure the certificate you want is the one described at the
top of the web page. Click Revoke or Suspend. Note that
when you revoke a certificate, you can click the drop-down list (of
reasons) to select a reason, if you want.
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- This displays a web page that says Request submitted successfully.
You can click Home page to return to the PKI Services home page.
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