CSP Validation Authority is an on-premises solution for checking the validity status of issued certificates before their expiration date. When deployed on PKI Hub, this Entrust solution adds the following to the PKI Hub installation integration report.

Certificate information sources supported by Validation Authority

Validation Authority supports the following sources of certificate status information:

  • Entrust CA Gateway integrated with an Entrust Certificate Authority instance
  • Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) issued by Entrust or third‑party certificate authorities

Hardware security modules supported by Validation Authority

 See the following table for supported versions.

Hardware

Client driver

Firmware

Entrust nShield Connect XC

13.6.3 (FIPS 140-2 Level 3 mode supported)

12.60.15 & 12.60.2

Entrust nShield 5c

13.6.3

13.2.4

Thales Luna HSM 7

10.7.0

7.7.1-20

Databases supported by Validation Authority

Validation Authority is tested with the following external databases.

Database vendor

Version

PostgreSQL

15

Oracle

21.3.0-xe

Microsoft SQL Server

2019-CU15-ubuntu-20.04

2022-CU13-ubuntu-22.04