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The ICertAdmin interface allows properly authorized clients to perform the following actions:
- Authorize or deny a certificate request.
- Revoke an issued certificate.
- Trigger the generation of a certificate revocation list (CRL).
- Get the current CRL for the server.
ICertAdmin callers have write-only access to request attributes and certificate extensions, but no direct access to other request and certificate properties.
The following methods are provided by the ICertAdmin interface.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| DenyRequest | Denies a specified request. |
| GetCRL | Gets a pointer to the current certificate revocation list (CRL). |
| GetRevocationReason | Returns a human-readable string specifying the reason a certificate was revoked. |
| IsValidCertificate | Checks the validity of a certificate. |
| PublishCRL | Publishes a new certificate revocation list. |
| ResubmitRequest | Submits the specified request back to the policy module . |
| RevokeCertificate | Revokes a certificate by a specified date. |
| SetCertificateExtension | Adds a new extension to the certificate to be issued. |
| SetRequestAttributes | Sets attributes in the specified request. |