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RFC 6277: Online Certificate Status Protocol Algorithm Agility

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

The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) requires server responses to be signed but does not specify a mechanism for selecting the signature algorithm to be used. This may lead to avoidable interoperability failures in contexts where multiple signature algorithms are in use. This document specifies rules for server signature algorithm selection and an extension that allows a client to advise a server that specific signature algorithms are supported. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC6277
Published
June 2011
Authors
S. Santesson; P. Hallam-Baker
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
11
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 6960
Updates:
RFC 2560

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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) ✓

Read the full history of X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP →

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