/// <summary>
        /// Revoke the CA signed certificate.
        /// The issuer CA public key, the private key and the crl reside in the storepath.
        /// The CRL number is increased by one and existing CRL for the issuer are deleted from the store.
        /// </summary>
        public static async Task <X509CRL> RevokeCertificateAsync(
            string storePath,
            X509Certificate2 certificate,
            string issuerKeyFilePassword = null
            )
        {
            X509CRL updatedCRL   = null;
            string  subjectName  = certificate.IssuerName.Name;
            string  keyId        = null;
            string  serialNumber = null;

            // caller may want to create empty CRL using the CA cert itself
            bool isCACert = X509Utils.IsCertificateAuthority(certificate);

            // find the authority key identifier.
            X509AuthorityKeyIdentifierExtension authority = X509Extensions.FindExtension <X509AuthorityKeyIdentifierExtension>(certificate);

            if (authority != null)
            {
                keyId        = authority.KeyIdentifier;
                serialNumber = authority.SerialNumber;
            }
            else
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Certificate does not contain an Authority Key");
            }

            if (!isCACert)
            {
                if (serialNumber == certificate.SerialNumber ||
                    X509Utils.CompareDistinguishedName(certificate.Subject, certificate.Issuer))
                {
                    throw new ServiceResultException(StatusCodes.BadCertificateInvalid, "Cannot revoke self signed certificates");
                }
            }

            X509Certificate2 certCA = null;

            using (ICertificateStore store = CertificateStoreIdentifier.OpenStore(storePath))
            {
                if (store == null)
                {
                    throw new ArgumentException("Invalid store path/type");
                }
                certCA = await X509Utils.FindIssuerCABySerialNumberAsync(store, certificate.Issuer, serialNumber).ConfigureAwait(false);

                if (certCA == null)
                {
                    throw new ServiceResultException(StatusCodes.BadCertificateInvalid, "Cannot find issuer certificate in store.");
                }

                if (!certCA.HasPrivateKey)
                {
                    throw new ServiceResultException(StatusCodes.BadCertificateInvalid, "Issuer certificate has no private key, cannot revoke certificate.");
                }

                CertificateIdentifier certCAIdentifier = new CertificateIdentifier(certCA)
                {
                    StorePath = storePath,
                    StoreType = CertificateStoreIdentifier.DetermineStoreType(storePath)
                };
                X509Certificate2 certCAWithPrivateKey = await certCAIdentifier.LoadPrivateKey(issuerKeyFilePassword).ConfigureAwait(false);

                if (certCAWithPrivateKey == null)
                {
                    throw new ServiceResultException(StatusCodes.BadCertificateInvalid, "Failed to load issuer private key. Is the password correct?");
                }

                List <X509CRL> certCACrl = store.EnumerateCRLs(certCA, false);

                var certificateCollection = new X509Certificate2Collection()
                {
                };
                if (!isCACert)
                {
                    certificateCollection.Add(certificate);
                }
                updatedCRL = CertificateFactory.RevokeCertificate(certCAWithPrivateKey, certCACrl, certificateCollection);

                store.AddCRL(updatedCRL);

                // delete outdated CRLs from store
                foreach (X509CRL caCrl in certCACrl)
                {
                    store.DeleteCRL(caCrl);
                }
                store.Close();
            }
            return(updatedCRL);
        }