Validate a Certificate
Status
This field displays the status of the certificate. This status is determined by the validation process. The possible values for this field are:
- Valid -- The certificate validation test found all certificates in the certificate chain (back to the root certificate) to be valid.
- Invalid -- The certificate validation test found one or more certificates in the certificate chain (back to the root certificate) to be invalid.
Reason
If the status field returns the value Invalid, the Reason field displays one of the following reasons:
- Certificate Not Yet Valid
- Certificate Expired
- Issuer Invalid
- Path Length Violation
- Unknown Critical Extension
- Invalid Key Usage
- CRL Decode Error
- Certificate Revoked
- Cannot Process Certificate Revocation List Distribution Points
- Cannot Read Certificate Revocation List
- Certificate Revocation List Invalid
- Certificate Revocation List Expired
- Certificate Revocation List Invalid Issuer Name
- Certificate Decode Error
- Subject-Issuer Name Agreement
- System Error
- Issuer Not Trusted
Details
Click details to view the issuer name and the subject name of the first certificate to fail the validation test.
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