Add `Expires` header to CRL response

api/api.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ type Authority interface {
 	GetRoots() ([]*x509.Certificate, error)
 	GetFederation() ([]*x509.Certificate, error)
 	Version() authority.Version
-	GetCertificateRevocationList() ([]byte, error)
+	GetCertificateRevocationList() (*authority.CertificateRevocationListInfo, error)
 }
 
 // mustAuthority will be replaced on unit tests.

api/api_test.go

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ type mockAuthority struct {
 	getEncryptedKey              func(kid string) (string, error)
 	getRoots                     func() ([]*x509.Certificate, error)
 	getFederation                func() ([]*x509.Certificate, error)
-	getCRL                       func() ([]byte, error)
+	getCRL                       func() (*authority.CertificateRevocationListInfo, error)
 	signSSH                      func(ctx context.Context, key ssh.PublicKey, opts provisioner.SignSSHOptions, signOpts ...provisioner.SignOption) (*ssh.Certificate, error)
 	signSSHAddUser               func(ctx context.Context, key ssh.PublicKey, cert *ssh.Certificate) (*ssh.Certificate, error)
 	renewSSH                     func(ctx context.Context, cert *ssh.Certificate) (*ssh.Certificate, error)
@@ -214,12 +214,12 @@ type mockAuthority struct {
 	version                      func() authority.Version
 }
 
-func (m *mockAuthority) GetCertificateRevocationList() ([]byte, error) {
+func (m *mockAuthority) GetCertificateRevocationList() (*authority.CertificateRevocationListInfo, error) {
 	if m.getCRL != nil {
 		return m.getCRL()
 	}
 
-	return m.ret1.([]byte), m.err
+	return m.ret1.(*authority.CertificateRevocationListInfo), m.err
 }
 
 // TODO: remove once Authorize is deprecated.

api/crl.go

@@ -3,18 +3,21 @@ package api
 import (
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/smallstep/certificates/api/render"
 )
 
 // CRL is an HTTP handler that returns the current CRL in DER or PEM format
 func CRL(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	crlBytes, err := mustAuthority(r.Context()).GetCertificateRevocationList()
+	crlInfo, err := mustAuthority(r.Context()).GetCertificateRevocationList()
 	if err != nil {
 		render.Error(w, err)
 		return
 	}
 
+	w.Header().Add("Expires", crlInfo.ExpiresAt.Format(time.RFC1123))
+
 	_, formatAsPEM := r.URL.Query()["pem"]
 	if formatAsPEM {
 		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/x-pem-file")
@@ -22,11 +25,11 @@ func CRL(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 		_ = pem.Encode(w, &pem.Block{
 			Type:  "X509 CRL",
-			Bytes: crlBytes,
+			Bytes: crlInfo.Data,
 		})
 	} else {
 		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/pkix-crl")
 		w.Header().Add("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"crl.der\"")
-		w.Write(crlBytes)
+		w.Write(crlInfo.Data)
 	}
 }

authority/tls.go

@@ -696,9 +696,17 @@ func (a *Authority) revokeSSH(crt *ssh.Certificate, rci *db.RevokedCertificateIn
 	return a.db.RevokeSSH(rci)
 }
 
+// CertificateRevocationListInfo contains a CRL in DER format and associated metadata.
+type CertificateRevocationListInfo struct {
+	Number    int64
+	ExpiresAt time.Time
+	Duration  time.Duration
+	Data      []byte
+}
+
 // GetCertificateRevocationList will return the currently generated CRL from the DB, or a not implemented
 // error if the underlying AuthDB does not support CRLs
-func (a *Authority) GetCertificateRevocationList() ([]byte, error) {
+func (a *Authority) GetCertificateRevocationList() (*CertificateRevocationListInfo, error) {
 	if !a.config.CRL.IsEnabled() {
 		return nil, errs.Wrap(http.StatusNotFound, errors.Errorf("Certificate Revocation Lists are not enabled"), "authority.GetCertificateRevocationList")
 	}
@@ -713,7 +721,12 @@ func (a *Authority) GetCertificateRevocationList() ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, errs.Wrap(http.StatusInternalServerError, err, "authority.GetCertificateRevocationList")
 	}
 
-	return crlInfo.DER, nil
+	return &CertificateRevocationListInfo{
+		Number:    crlInfo.Number,
+		ExpiresAt: crlInfo.ExpiresAt,
+		Duration:  crlInfo.Duration,
+		Data:      crlInfo.DER,
+	}, nil
 }
 
 // GenerateCertificateRevocationList generates a DER representation of a signed CRL and stores it in the