Certificates may be revoked due to improper issuance, compromise of the certificate, and failure to adhere to policy. Therefore, any certificate found revoked on a CRL or via Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) should not be trusted. Permitting execution of an applet published with a revoked certificate may result in spoofing, malware, system modification, invasion of privacy, and denial of service. Ensuring users cannot change these settings assures a more consistent security profile.

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If the system is on the SIPRNet, this requirement is NA. Navigate to the system-level "deployment.properties" file for JRE. Add the key "deployment.security.validation.ocsp=true" to the "deployment.properties" file. Add the key "deployment.security.validation.ocsp.locked" to the "deployment.properties" file.