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Chapter 10. Certificate Revocation > Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)
10.4. Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)
OCSP allows more timely and structured determination of revocation status for a specific certificate. Rather than having the client download a CRL that contains all certificates revoked by the CA, the client sends a revocation status request to a responder service. The responder service provides revocation status for just that certificate, allowing the client to make a revocation decision based on the response.
The advantages of OCSP include:
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