On 05/03/2014 02:31 AM, Ricardo Alexander Alexander Perez Ricardez wrote: Please include some more info: What tool you are using to sign the document (cmsutil or openssl cms?) The text version of the certificate you are using. I doubt it is the fact that it is an MS word document that is causing trouble. It sounds like the tool you are using is trying to check revcation status, and either can't find it in the cert or can't talk to the remote URL to fetch the revocation list.