What is the status of Digital Certificates issued under a Service Provider’s current Gatekeeper Accreditation?
Digital certificates issued by a Gatekeeper accredited CA will remain valid for their normal lifecycle (generally two years). It is expected that CAs will continue to issue digital certificates under the terms of their existing Gatekeeper Accreditation until such time as they are Accredited under the Framework. After this date it would be expected that the CA will cease issuing “old” Gatekeeper Type and Grade digital certificates and commence issuing “new” digital certificates under the relevant categories of the Framework. “Old” certificates will remain viable until their normal expiry (unless revoked earlier by the issuing CA) at which point it would be reasonable for the certificate to be replaced by a “new” certificate. In effect this will require Relying Parties to configure their systems to accept both “old” and “new” digital certificates, albeit for a defined period of time.
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