Extension-Specific Policy Module ReferenceChapter 11 Policies 517CertificateRenewalWindowExtThe CertificateRenewalWindowExt plug-in module enables you to add theCertificate Renewal Window Extension to certificates. The extension aids in managingthe life cycle of a certificate by specifying a process to follow for renewing acertificate and by defining a time window when automatic renewal of thecertificate should be attempted.Example: 2.16.840.1.113730.1.99organizationName Specifies the name of the organization that owns the OID or is the owner of thepolicy statement referenced by the OID.Example: Example CorporationcpsURI Specifies the location where the Certification Practice Statement published by theCA (that has issued the certificate) can be found.Permissible values: An IA5String value. The PKIX standard recommends that thepointer should be in the form of a URI.Example: http://testCA.example.com/CPS_statementdisplayText Specifies the textual statement to be included in certificates; this parametercorresponds to the explicitText field of the user notice. If you want to embed atextual statement (for example, your company’s legal notice) in certificates, thenadd that statement here. The text you enter here will be displayed to a relying partywhen the certificate is used or viewed.Note that certain applications may not have the capability to display this text. Also,embedding a policy statement in a certificate increases its size.If you specify values for both policyId and displayText parameters and if theapplication software cannot locate the notice text indicated by the policyIdparameter, then it is supposed to display the embedded notice; otherwise, it’ssupposed to display the information specified by the policyId parameter. (Thisfeature is application specific and CMS has no control over it.)Permissible values: A string with up to 200 characters.Example: Example Corporation’s CPS incorp. by reference liab.ltd. (c) 2002 Example CorporationTable 11-18 CertificatePoliciesExt Configuration Parameters (Continued)Parameter Description
