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Online Certificate Status Protocol

The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) is an Internet protocol used for obtaining the revocation status of an X.509 digital certificate. It was created as an alternative to certificate revocation lists (CRL), specifically addressing certain problems associated with using CRLs in a public key infrastructure (PKI). Messages communicated via OCSP are…

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Abbreviation
OCSP
Developers
Stefan Santesson · Michael Myers · Rich Ankney · Ambarish Malpani · Slava Galperin
Introduction
4 February 2002 (2002-02-04)

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related to External links · 12
Online Certificate Status Protocol → April, Extensions, High-Volume EnvironmentsRFC, IKEv2RFC, Internet Public Key Infrastructure, OCSP, OCSPProcessor, OCSPRFC, Profile, RFC, Status Protocol, The Lightweight Online Certificate
Developers · 8
Online Certificate Status Protocol → Ambarish Malpani, Carlisle Adams, Himanshu Sharma, Michael Myers, Mohit Sahni, Rich Ankney, Slava Galperin, Stefan Santesson
Abbreviation · 1
Online Certificate Status Protocol → OCSP
Introduction · 1
Online Certificate Status Protocol → 4 February 2002 (2002-02-04)
RFCs · 1
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Online Certificate Status ProtocolDevelopersStefan Santesson1.00infobox
Online Certificate Status ProtocolDevelopersMichael Myers1.00infobox
Online Certificate Status ProtocolDevelopersRich Ankney1.00infobox
Online Certificate Status ProtocolDevelopersAmbarish Malpani1.00infobox
Online Certificate Status ProtocolDevelopersSlava Galperin1.00infobox
Online Certificate Status ProtocolDevelopersCarlisle Adams1.00infobox
Online Certificate Status ProtocolDevelopersMohit Sahni1.00infobox
Online Certificate Status ProtocolDevelopersHimanshu Sharma1.00infobox
Online Certificate Status ProtocolIntroduction4 February 2002 (2002-02-04)1.00infobox
Online Certificate Status ProtocolRFCs.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
Online Certificate Status Protocolrelated to External linksRFC0.60section

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