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RFC 2560: X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 6960.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 6960 — X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document specifies a protocol useful in determining the current status of a digital certificate without requiring CRLs. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2560
Published
June 1999
Authors
M. Myers; R. Ankney; A. Malpani; S. Galperin; C. Adams
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
23
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 6960
Updated by:
RFC 6277

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2560 (1999)
  2. RFC 6277 (2011)
  3. RFC 6960 (2013) ✓

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