What are the circumstances for revocation?
A certificate will be revoked when the information it contains is suspected to be incorrect or the private key compromised. This includes: • The subscriber’s private key is lost or suspected to be compromised • The information in the subscriber’s certificate is suspected to be inaccurate • The information supplied may be misleading (e.g., paypa1.com, micr0soft.com) • The subscriber has failed to comply with the rules of the StartCom CA policy • The system to which the certificate has been issued has been retired • The subscriber makes a request for revocation • The subscriber violated his/her obligationsFor Class 1 certificate see the exception in the next question.
