SPOC Server
In an E-Passport Extended Access Control (EAC) infrastructure, the SPOC acts as a bridge to forward DV certificates requests to national and foreign CVCAs. The domestic DVs make requests to SPOC to get a certificate from national or foreign CVCAs.
For this purpose, ADSS SPOC is configured on a DVCA instance as an external CA.
select the SPOC Server from the CA Type drop down. The following page will be shown to configure the SPOC Server:
The items in the above screen are described below:
| Item | Description |
| CA Alias |
An operator-defined unique name for easy management of SPOC Servers within ADSS Server. This is only for human identification purposes. |
| CA Type |
ADSS Server (DVCA) can be configured to get the certificates from the ADSS SPOC Service. The supported request types are:
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| SPOC Country |
This field allows you to select the required country from the drop-down for which SPOC Server is supported. |
| SPOC URL |
This is the URL that will be used to communicate with ADSS SPOC Service. |
| TLS Client Authentication | It is required for communication with the SPOC Server over the TLS Client Authentication. Select a TLS Client Authentication Certificate which pre-exists in the Key Manager. Note: ADSS SPOC Service communicates over mutual TLS so a TLS Client Certificate must be configured here. |
| Certificate | The certificate that will be used for communication with SPOC Service over TLS. |
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