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| author | lloyd <[email protected]> | 2012-07-05 20:54:35 +0000 |
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| committer | lloyd <[email protected]> | 2012-07-05 20:54:35 +0000 |
| commit | e2af26e5dc92677f9a9d03f464dd9c5322a73c87 (patch) | |
| tree | c1c597893a8f765c211dd34960d6dad16ed51268 | |
| parent | 2f94d5c85d3eb05a3d2f83e7783fb8d1bc2d5536 (diff) | |
A bit more OCSP documentation
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ocsp.rst | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ocsp.rst b/doc/ocsp.rst index 51486dbc1..6c52cbe50 100644 --- a/doc/ocsp.rst +++ b/doc/ocsp.rst @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ OCSP A client makes an OCSP request to what is termed an 'OCSP responder'. This responder returns a signed response attesting that the -certificate in question has not been revoked. +certificate in question has not been revoked. One common way of making +OCSP requests is via HTTP, see :rfc:`2560` Appendix A for details. .. cpp:class:: OCSP::Request @@ -12,6 +13,10 @@ certificate in question has not been revoked. Create a new OCSP request + .. cpp:function:: std::vector<byte> BER_encode() const + + Encode the current OCSP request as a binary string. + .. cpp:function:: std::string base64_encode() const Encode the current OCSP request as a base64 string. @@ -29,6 +34,6 @@ certificate in question has not been revoked. const X509_Certificate& subject) const Returns true if and only if this OCSP response is not an error, - is signed correctly, and the response indicates that *issuer* is - not currently revoked. + is signed correctly, and the response indicates that *subject* + is not currently revoked. |