[openssl-users] Testing OCSP with openssl

[Dr. Stephen Henson]

On Tue, Sep 05, 2017, Robert Moskowitz wrote:

> Jamie Nugyen's guide uses openssl to test OCSP with 'openssl ocsp':
> 
> https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-authority/online-certificate-status-protocol.html
> 
> What is unclear here is:
> 
> Does openssl read the index.txt file once at startup, or does it
> read it with each query.  From the way I read his guide it reads
> like index.txt is only read at startup.
> 

Once on startup. The mini-responder is only a test utility.
It is not usable as a full blown responder.

Steve.
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