Verifiable Health Link
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## Requirements: Initiate Retrieve Trust List Request

Official URL: https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/InitiateRetrieveTrustListRequest | Version: 0.0.2-current
Active as of 2026-03-12 | Computable Name: InitiateRetrieveTrustListRequest

A VHL Sharer or VHL Receiver, as a participant in the trust network, SHALL be capable of retrieving public key infrastructure (PKI) material from a designated Trust Anchor.

The retrieved material MAY include:

- Public key certificates and associated trust lists
- Certificate revocation data (e.g., CRLs, OCSP responses)
- Metadata used to:
  - Validate digital signatures on VHLs and related resources
  - Establish secure connections
  - Decrypt content protected via asymmetric encryption

Participants SHOULD cache the received trust list to reduce network and server load.

Preconditions:

- The requesting participant knows in advance the endpoint from which to retrieve PKI material, as published or distributed by the Trust Anchor.

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Jurisdiction |
Statements |
Derived from | Establish Trust
Derivatives | This requirement has the following derivatives:
Participating Actors | VHL Sharer VHL Receiver