Re: OCSP responder key/certificate thoughts

2009-10-14 Thread Michael Ströder
Eddy Nigg wrote: Having said that, CRLs depending on its size probably requires more resources than an OCSP responder. That depends very much on the deployment scenario. IMHO there's no general rule whether CRL or OCSP gives better performance or uses less resources. Ciao, Michael.

OCSP responder key/certificate thoughts

2009-10-13 Thread Kyle Hamilton
[Please follow-up to dev-security-policy -- which is where most things having to do with CA and browser interaction policies are discussed.] I'm trying to figure out how much of the OCSP slowness and server underpowering is due to the sizes of the keys used, or limitations of the HSMs (and

Re: OCSP responder key/certificate thoughts

2009-10-13 Thread Eddy Nigg
On 10/13/2009 11:26 PM, Kyle Hamilton: I'm trying to figure out how much of the OCSP slowness and server underpowering is due to the sizes of the keys used, or limitations of the HSMs (and drivers) that these systems are using. Kyle, it's a myth, there are CAs having very responsive OCSP