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2.2.9.5.3 DISTRIBUTIONPOINT

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The DISTRIBUTIONPOINT elements of the RAC describe the location of the server that issued the RAC and MUST use the following template.

 <DISTRIBUTIONPOINT>
    <OBJECT type="[[- type -]]">
       <ID type="MS-GUID">
          [[- GUID -]]
       </ID>
       <NAME>
          Microsoft Identity Certification Server
       </NAME>
       [[- address -]]
    </OBJECT>
 </DISTRIBUTIONPOINT>

[[- type -]]: MUST be the type of the DISTRIBUTIONPOINT address. For an intranet address, the type is "Activation". For an external address, the type is "Extranet-Activation".

[[- GUID -]]: MUST be a unique GUID that identifies this DISTRIBUTIONPOINT element, represented as a literal ASCII string enclosed in braces.<16>

[[- address -]]: MUST be an ADDRESS element of type "URL" containing the URL of the server. For an intranet address, this is the internal URL of the server that issued the RAC. For an extranet address, this SHOULD be the external URL of the server that issued the RAC using a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).