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>and publish a revocation via CRL if the validation times out or fails for 1 month + 1 day.

If you're in a position to MITM using a stolen certificate, you're probably also in a position to block the CRL response from going through. Since failing to get an updated CRL doesn't result in a security warning, your CRL proposal is essentially useless.



> you're probably also in a position to block the CRL response from going through

Not if the certificate is OCSP-Must-Staple.




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