Hi Duane,

Agreed.   If a CA indicates via an AIA that OCSP services are available then
it better ensure things are working correctly. 

Alex


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 7:41 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: On turning CRL and OCSP checking on by default.
> 
> 
> 
> > It would be nice, but I wonder how many users would 
> complain about all
> > the sites not working ... A lot of OCSP servers have been 
> incorrectly 
> > (and that includes Verisign's). I think the option should be off by 
> > default for clients, certainly for CRLs, which get very 
> large and are 
> > not suitable from most clients at low bandwidth under any 
> circumstances.
> 
> with OCSP, shouldn't the CAs have some quality assurance to fix these 
> kinds of problems in a timely manner, I'm sure this is 
> possibly under the 
> wrong thread, but this relates back to the pre/post CA 
> checks... or at 
> least I percieve it to... 
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