Public Key Infrastructure: An Artifact...

[Paul Crowley]

Lynn.Wheeler at firstdata.com writes:
> The other solution is to go online and do real-time checks ... but
> doing real-time checks invalidates basic design decision trade-offs
> associated with choosing a R/O partial replicated distributed data
> implementation in the first place.

Have you looked at the design of SPKI CRLs?  I think there are
possibilities in there that address the difficulties you raise.
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