Original URL: | https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/pki/2006/12/04/a-file-distribution-point-must-follow-the-unc-syntax/ |
Post name: | A file distribution point must follow the UNC syntax |
Original author: | MS2065 [MSFT] |
Posting date: | 2006-12-04T15:00:00+00:00 |
Several whitepapers explain the three valid protocols (HTTP, LDAP orFILE) to retrieve a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) or the Authority Information Access (AIA). However, none of these whitepapers is specific about the syntax for the file protocol (file://).
The simple answer is that a CRL or AIA file reference must follow the UNC syntax, for example: \\myserver\myshare\mycrl.crl Certificates containing an absolute path like C:\myfolder\mycrl.crl will result in an error message when the system is verifying the validity of a certificate. Carsten
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