[B<-issuer file>]
[B<-cert file>]
[B<-serial n>]
+[B<-signer file>]
+[B<-signkey file>]
+[B<-sign_other file>]
+[B<-no_certs>]
[B<-req_text>]
[B<-resp_text>]
[B<-text>]
[B<-respin file>]
[B<-nonce>]
[B<-no_nonce>]
-[B<-url responder_url>]
+[B<-url URL>]
[B<-host host:n>]
[B<-path>]
-[B<-CApath file>]
+[B<-CApath dir>]
[B<-CAfile file>]
[B<-VAfile file>]
-[B<-verify_certs file>]
+[B<-validity_period n>]
+[B<-status_age n>]
[B<-noverify>]
+[B<-verify_other file>]
[B<-trust_other>]
[B<-no_intern>]
-[B<-no_sig_verify>]
+[B<-no_signature_verify>]
[B<-no_cert_verify>]
[B<-no_chain>]
[B<-no_cert_checks>]
-[B<-validity_period nsec>]
-[B<-status_age nsec>]
+[B<-port num>]
+[B<-index file>]
+[B<-CA file>]
+[B<-rsigner file>]
+[B<-rkey file>]
+[B<-rother file>]
+[B<-resp_no_certs>]
+[B<-nmin n>]
+[B<-ndays n>]
+[B<-resp_key_id>]
+[B<-nrequest n>]
+[B<-md5|-sha1|...>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-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.
+to an OCSP responder and behave like a mini OCSP server itself.
-=head1 OPTIONS
+=head1 OCSP CLIENT OPTIONS
=over 4
from the same file as the certificate. If neither option is specified then
the OCSP request is not signed.
+=item B<-sign_other filename>
+
+Additional certificates to include in the signed request.
+
=item B<-nonce>, B<-no_nonce>
Add an OCSP nonce extension to a request or disable OCSP nonce addition.
=item B<-req_text>, B<-resp_text>, B<-text>
-print out the text form of the OCSP request, reponse or both respectively.
+print out the text form of the OCSP request, response or both respectively.
=item B<-reqout file>, B<-respout file>
file or pathname containing trusted CA certificates. These are used to verify
the signature on the OCSP response.
-=item B<-verify_certs file>
+=item B<-verify_other file>
file containing additional certificates to search when attempting to locate
the OCSP response signing certificate. Some responders omit the actual signer's
-certificate from the reponse: this option can be used to supply the neccesary
+certificate from the response: this option can be used to supply the necessary
certificate in such cases.
=item B<-trust_other>
the certificates specified by the B<-verify_certs> option should be explicitly
trusted and no additional checks will be performed on them. This is useful
-when the complete reponder certificate chain is not available or trusting a
+when the complete responder certificate chain is not available or trusting a
root CA is not appropriate.
=item B<-VAfile file>
signers certificate. With this option the signers certificate must be specified
with either the B<-verify_certs> or B<-VAfile> options.
-=item B<-no_sig_verify>
+=item B<-no_signature_verify>
don't check the signature on the OCSP response. Since this option tolerates invalid
-signatures on OCSP respondes it will normally only be used for testing purposes.
+signatures on OCSP responses it will normally only be used for testing purposes.
=item B<-no_cert_verify>
-don't verify the OCSP reponse signers certificate at all. Since this option allows
+don't verify the OCSP response signers certificate at all. Since this option allows
the OCSP response to be signed by any certificate it should only be used for
testing purposes.
don't perform any additional checks on the OCSP response signers certificate.
That is do not make any checks to see if the signers certificate is authorised
-to provide the neccessary status information: as a result this option should
+to provide the necessary status information: as a result this option should
only be used for testing purposes.
=item B<-validity_period nsec>, B<-status_age age>
is checked to see it is not older than B<age> seconds old. By default this additional
check is not performed.
+=item B<-md5|-sha1|-sha256|-ripemod160|...>
+
+this option sets digest algorithm to use for certificate identification
+in the OCSP request. By default SHA-1 is used.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 OCSP SERVER OPTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<-index indexfile>
+
+B<indexfile> is a text index file in B<ca> format containing certificate revocation
+information.
+
+If the B<index> option is specified the B<ocsp> utility is in responder mode, otherwise
+it is in client mode. The request(s) the responder processes can be either specified on
+the command line (using B<issuer> and B<serial> options), supplied in a file (using the
+B<respin> option) or via external OCSP clients (if B<port> or B<url> is specified).
+
+If the B<index> option is present then the B<CA> and B<rsigner> options must also be
+present.
+
+=item B<-CA file>
+
+CA certificate corresponding to the revocation information in B<indexfile>.
+
+=item B<-rsigner file>
+
+The certificate to sign OCSP responses with.
+
+=item B<-rother file>
+
+Additional certificates to include in the OCSP response.
+
+=item B<-resp_no_certs>
+
+Don't include any certificates in the OCSP response.
+
+=item B<-resp_key_id>
+
+Identify the signer certificate using the key ID, default is to use the subject name.
+
+=item B<-rkey file>
+
+The private key to sign OCSP responses with: if not present the file specified in the
+B<rsigner> option is used.
+
+=item B<-port portnum>
+
+Port to listen for OCSP requests on. The port may also be specified using the B<url>
+option.
+
+=item B<-nrequest number>
+
+The OCSP server will exit after receiving B<number> requests, default unlimited.
+
+=item B<-nmin minutes>, B<-ndays days>
+
+Number of minutes or days when fresh revocation information is available: used in the
+B<nextUpdate> field. If neither option is present then the B<nextUpdate> field is
+omitted meaning fresh revocation information is immediately available.
+
=back
=head1 OCSP Response verification.
OCSP Response follows the rules specified in RFC2560.
Initially the OCSP responder certificate is located and the signature on
-the OCSP request checked using the reponder certificate's public key.
+the OCSP request checked using the responder certificate's public key.
Then a normal certificate verify is performed on the OCSP responder certificate
building up a certificate chain in the process. The locations of the trusted
Normally only the B<-CApath>, B<-CAfile> and (if the responder is a 'global
VA') B<-VAfile> options need to be used.
+The OCSP server is only useful for test and demonstration purposes: it is
+not really usable as a full OCSP responder. It contains only a very
+simple HTTP request handling and can only handle the POST form of OCSP
+queries. It also handles requests serially meaning it cannot respond to
+new requests until it has processed the current one. The text index file
+format of revocation is also inefficient for large quantities of revocation
+data.
+
+It is possible to run the B<ocsp> application in responder mode via a CGI
+script using the B<respin> and B<respout> options.
+
=head1 EXAMPLES
Create an OCSP request and write it to a file:
openssl ocsp -issuer issuer.pem -cert c1.pem -cert c2.pem -reqout req.der
-Send a query an OCSP responder with URL http://ocsp.myhost.com/ save the
+Send a query to an OCSP responder with URL http://ocsp.myhost.com/ save the
response to a file and print it out in text form
openssl ocsp -issuer issuer.pem -cert c1.pem -cert c2.pem \
openssl ocsp -respin resp.der -text
+OCSP server on port 8888 using a standard B<ca> configuration, and a separate
+responder certificate. All requests and responses are printed to a file.
+
+ openssl ocsp -index demoCA/index.txt -port 8888 -rsigner rcert.pem -CA demoCA/cacert.pem
+ -text -out log.txt
+
+As above but exit after processing one request:
+
+ openssl ocsp -index demoCA/index.txt -port 8888 -rsigner rcert.pem -CA demoCA/cacert.pem
+ -nrequest 1
+
+Query status information using internally generated request:
+
+ openssl ocsp -index demoCA/index.txt -rsigner rcert.pem -CA demoCA/cacert.pem
+ -issuer demoCA/cacert.pem -serial 1
+
+Query status information using request read from a file, write response to a
+second file.
+
+ openssl ocsp -index demoCA/index.txt -rsigner rcert.pem -CA demoCA/cacert.pem
+ -reqin req.der -respout resp.der
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