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RFC 6960: X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP

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This document specifies a protocol useful in determining the current status of a digital certificate without requiring Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs). Additional mechanisms addressing PKIX operational requirements are specified in separate documents. This document obsoletes RFCs 2560 and 6277. It also updates RFC 5912.

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Document ID: RFC6960
Published: June 2013
Authors: S. Santesson; M. Myers; R. Ankney; A. Malpani; S. Galperin; C. Adams
Status: PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream: IETF
Area: sec
Pages: 41
Also known as: —

Obsoletes:: RFC 2560, RFC 6277
Updates:: RFC 5912
Updated by:: RFC 8954, RFC 9654

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

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