Entrust PKI as a Service

Certificate status checking

PKIaaS provides the following certificate status-checking functions.

Entrust PKIaaS Certificate Revocation Lists

PKIaaS publishes Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) with the following settings.

CRL setting Value
​CRL validity 7 days​
CRL extensions crlNumber, invalidityDate, expiredCertsOnCRL
Signing key CA key
CRL type full CRL
Maximum size 22 MB
CA type root and issuing CAs

CRL issuance and update modes are as follows.

Mode Period
Automatic Every 24 hours
Include the “publish now” option on revocation requests to the API Within 15 minutes of receiving the request
Revoke an end-entity certificate using the PKIaaS UI or the Entrust Certificate Enrollment Gateway (CEG) Within 15 minutes of the revocation

CRLs are available at the following URLs.

Region URL
US http://crl.PKIaaS.entrust.com/crl/{accountId}/{caId}/crl.crl
EU http://crl.eu.PKIaaS.entrust.com/crl/{accountId}/{caId}/crl.crl
PQ Lab http://crl.pqlab.PKIaaS.entrust.com/crl/{accountId}/{caId}/crl.crl

Where {accountId} is your account identifier, and {caId} is the certificate authority identifier.

Entrust PKIaaS OCSP service

The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) supports:

  • Nonce extension
  • Archive Cutoff extension
  • Multiple OCSP certificates per request
  • Signed/Unsigned requests
  • Delegated keys
  • OCSP may be configured for both roots and issuing CAs

OCSP services are available at the following URLs.

Region URL
US http://ocsp.PKIaaS.entrust.com/ocsp/{accountId}/{caId}
EU http://ocsp.eu.PKIaaS.entrust.com/ocsp/{accountId}/{caId}
PQ Lab http://ocsp.pqlab.PKIaaS.entrust.com/ocsp/{accountId}/{caId}

Where {accountId} is your account identifier, and {caId} is the certificate authority identifier.