Revocation and freshness
A credential can be withdrawn (iptal (revocation)Bir belgenin süresi dolmadan geçersiz kılınması; belge veren bunu doğrulayıcıların denetlediği iptal listesinde işaretler.): a student record is deleted, a ticket is refunded, an identity verification stops being valid. The doğrulayıcı (verifier)Gösterilen belgeyi denetleyen taraf: imza, belge verenin güven listesindeki kaydı, durum ve politika. Relying party diye de anılır. learns about it from the iptal listesi (status list)Her belgenin tek bir konumu olduğu sıkıştırılmış, imzalı liste; geçerli, askıda ya da iptal olduğunu söyler..
The status list
Every institution publishes the status of the credentials it has issued in the IETF Token Status List format (https://status.tamga.network/{opaque}). The list is a bit string; each credential has a position in it. The address reveals neither the institution nor the year or cohort. Every publication of the list is recorded in the anchor log of the trust infrastructure, which is how the verifier checks that the list really comes from the institution.
Prefetching
The verifier fetches the status lists before verification, at regular intervals, and keeps them in a cache; no request goes to the institution or to Tamga at the moment of verification. That way the institution cannot learn where and when a credential was shown.
import { PrefetchStatusCache } from "@tamga-network/verifier";
const statusCache = new PrefetchStatusCache();
await statusCache.refresh(listUris); // every few minutesFreshness and "cannot be verified right now"
If the status list or the güven listesi (trust list)Bir ülkenin kök sertifikalarını, belge verenlerini ve kayıtlı relying party'lerini taşıyan imzalı liste. Bugün Tamga'da güven bu listelere dayanır; ortak defter sonra gelir. is older than the maximum age in your policy, the result is INDETERMINATE: the credential may well be valid, but it cannot be proven right now. Tell the user "cannot be verified right now, please try again shortly" — do not reject.
Details
- Status list: SPEC-CRED-0003
- Verification pipeline and freshness: SPEC-API-0001