2008/12/10 Robert Relyea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> sg4all wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I'm trying to set up a apache webserver with mod_nss. When available, OCSP
>> should be used to verify the validity of the certificate. When the OCSP is
>>
>> unavailable, CRLs are used.
>>
>> I installed the CRLS, and configured everything. (My nss.conf is included
>> in
>> this message).
>>
>> When I comment out "NSSOCSP On": it validates the certificates using CRL
>>
>> correctly.
>> When "NSSOCSP on" is used, it validates the certificates using OCSP
>> correctly.
>>
> Not in the default NSS validation scheme. NSS 3.12 has new cert validation
> code called PKIX. With it comes more control and configuration of the
> revocation engine. I'm not sure of the state of the code (I think the latest
> is about ready for prime time), but I'm pretty sure mod_nss isn't set up to
> use the fine grain control of revocation.
>
> bob
>
> Hi Bob,

So what you say is that when mod_nss is not capable of doing OCSP validation
because it cannot connect to the OCSP server, there is no fallback to CRL?

thanks
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