Interoperability Considerations
A number of interoperability issues go beyond the standards themselves. As discussed in Chapter 18, "Standards: Necessary but Not Sufficient," vendors can legitimately claim standards compliance, but multi-vendor interoperability still might not be possible for a variety of reasons. Understanding these reasons, and ensuring that the vendor community cooperates to provide acceptable and interoperable solutions, is essential.
Certificate and CRL Profiles
Even when standards-based techniques are adopted, it is still possible to dictate implementation specifics that can vary from one domain to another. This is the case with the X.509 certificates and CRLs. Specifically, different certificate and CRL profiles (which ...
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