ocspd.3(3)

📦 version 1.9.0, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ NAME ✨

openca-ocspd — the OCSP Daemon, bestie 💅

(yeah it lives in ocspd.3(3), section 3, we love a library-adjacent moment 🎀)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

openca-ocspd [-d] [-p n] [-b address] [-c file] [-md digest] [-k passwd]
[-i passin] [-e engine] [-r chroot_dir] [-v]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so. openca-ocspd is an RFC2560 compliant OCSPD responder. that's it, that's the whole vibe 👑

what does it do tho? it verifies the status of a certificate using OCSP clients — like Mozilla/Netscape7, iykyk 🦋. it's giving "certificate vibe check" fr fr.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -d — detaches the main process from the calling process. it's leaving the group chat, respectfully 🫶
  • -p n — specifies the port to bind to. default is 2560. periodt 💅
  • -b address — specifies the IP address to bind to. default behaviour is to listen to every single IP available (which is the same as the '*' value). she's an extrovert, she talks to everyone 😭
  • -c file — specifies the configuration file to be loaded. the default file loaded is /usr/local/etc/ocspd.conf. that's the one, no cap 📁
  • -md digest — specifies the digest to be used when generating responses. default is sha1. oldie but goodie 🌸
  • -k passwd — specifies the password to be used when loading the private key. shhh 🤫
  • -i passin — this is the key password source. for more info about the format of arg, go read the PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS section in openssl(1). yes bestie, homework 📚
  • -engine id — specifying an engine (by its unique id string) will cause the responder to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine, thus initialising it if needed. the engine will then be set as the default for all available algorithms. main character energy, honestly 👑
  • -r chroot_dir — chroots the application into the specified directory. she's locked in, literally 🔒
  • -v — this prints extra details about the operations being performed. verbose queen 🗣️

⭐ NOTES ⭐

ngl, actually not extensive testing has been carried out 🙈. anyway, this daemon is reported to work with Mozilla/Netscape. so like, it works, allegedly, take that how you will 💀

to reload the certificate's db, simply send a SIGHUP to the main process:

kill -s SIGHUP pid

that's the whole ritual, no cap ✨

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

openca-ocspd -c contrib/ocspd.conf

look at her go 🥹

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Massimiliano Pala <madwolf@openca.org> — the icon, the legend, the moment 🎀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

openca(3), openssl(1), ocsp(1)

and that's a wrap bestie 🫶 this was openca-ocspd version 1.5.1, dated 2007-04-17, straight from the ocspd.3(3) page. slay, stay cert-verified, and drink some water 💖✨🌸

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