link to the new manpage.

[openssl.git] / doc / apps / ocsp.pod

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 =head1 NAME
 
 
 =head1 NAME
 

-ocsp - OCSP utility
+ocsp - Online Certificate Status Protocol utility

 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 


@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ B<openssl> B<ocsp>
 
 B<WARNING: this documentation is preliminary and subject to change.>
 
 
 B<WARNING: this documentation is preliminary and subject to change.>
 

+The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) enables applications to
+determine the (revocation) state of an identified certificate (RFC 2560).
+

 The B<ocsp> command performs many common OCSP tasks. It can be used
 to print out requests and responses, create requests and send queries
 to an OCSP responder.
 The B<ocsp> command performs many common OCSP tasks. It can be used
 to print out requests and responses, create requests and send queries
 to an OCSP responder.