Thomas D. posted on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:11:52 +0100 as excerpted:

> Michael Orlitzky wrote:
>> You should disable OCSP anyway. In Firefox, it's under,
>> 
>>   Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Encryption -> Validation
>> 
>> The OCSP protocol is itself is vulnerable to MITM attacks, which is
>> cute when you consider its purpose.
>> 
>> Moreover, it sends the address of every website you visit to a third
>> party, which is the real reason to disable it IMO.
> 
> This is going OT but I cannot leave this statement uncommented, because
> from my knowledge this is wrong/you are hiding important information
> everyone should know about:

Thanks.  I was going to reply with something like this, but your reply 
was far better than mine would have been. =:^)

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