Validation Authority

Certificate authorities use Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) to get the revocation status of x.509 digital certificates. When a user requests the validity of a certificate, an OCSP request is sent to an OCSP server for verification against a trusted certificate authority. The OCSP server then returns a response indicating whether the certificate is good, revoked, or unknown.

Prerequisites
  • OCSP URL must be published in the AIA field of the certificate with the AppViewX OCSP server URL.
  • Plugins required: OCSP Server and OCSP Generator must be deployed for OCSP to work.
  • For on-premise deployment, configure OCSP as explained here.

You can select one or more certificates from the inventory and click Actions > Revocation Check to perform revocation validation. After successful validation, the certificate status is reflected through color-coding in the Common Name column.