Re: [IETF-PKIX] OCSP Current Status

[Michael Myers <mmyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter,

PKIX Part 1 identifies one means of identifying the validation point using
the AuthorityInfoAccess extension.  Beyond that I would expect it to be a
matter of local configuration similar to identifying one's nameserver.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Sylvester <Peter.Sylvester@EdelWeb.fr>
To: IETF-PKIX@LISTS.TANDEM.COM <IETF-PKIX@LISTS.TANDEM.COM>
Date: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [IETF-PKIX] OCSP Current Status


>I am not whether the following has been discussed or not for OCSP:
>
>Question: Is the protocol just intended to specify the communication
between
>a client and the well-known validation point, or is there something
>to about how to find that point.
>
>I image a possible response from the server saying, no, don't do this
>here, go elsewhere, here's the 'connection info' (URL or whatever).
>
>Peter Sylvester
>EdelWeb
>