Configure the following parameters of the OCSP responder service provided by the Certification Authority.

Profile ID

The identifier of the profile for processing the certificate status before generating an OCSP response. See below for the response settings defined by each profile.

Profile identifier

nextUpdate

id-pkix-ocsp-archive-cutoff

Status if unknown

Revocation date

basic

—

—

revoked

 Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 GMT

archiveCutOff

—

notBefore date of the CA certificate

revoked

 Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 GMT

nextUpdate

thisUpdate + 8 hours

—

revoked

 Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 GMT

archiveCutOffWithNextUpdate

thisUpdate + 8 hours

notBefore date of the CA certificate

revoked

 Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 GMT

CRLProfile

—

—

good

—

CRLProfileWithArchiveCutOff

—

notBefore date of the CA certificate

good

—

SNListProfile

—

—

unknown

—

SNListProfileWithArchiveCutOff

—

notBefore date of the CA certificate

unknown

—

See the below for the Certificates Source and Use SN Lists values supported by each profile.

Profile identifier

Certificates Source

Use SN Lists

basic

CAGW

—

archiveCutOff

CAGW

—

nextUpdate

CAGW

—

archiveCutOffWithNextUpdate

CAGW

—

CRLProfile

CRL

False

CRLProfileWithArchiveCutOff

CRL

False

SNListProfile

CRL

True

SNListProfileWithArchiveCutOff

CRL

True

Mandatory: Yes.

Response Hash Algorithm

The hash algorithm for the OCSP response signature algorithm. Supported values are the following.

  • sha256
  • sha384
  • sha512

Mandatory: No. This optional value defaults to sha256.

CA certificate

Click Select Files to import the certificate of the CA that issues the certificates validated by Entrust Validation authority.

Each certificate file must contain a certificate in PEM format and Base64 encoding.

Mandatory: Yes.

VA certificate

The certificate described in Generating a VA certificate and key pair. Click Select Files to import this certificate from file.

Each certificate file must contain a certificate in PEM format and Base64 encoding.

Mandatory: Yes.

RSA-PSS is an RSA-based probabilistic signature scheme that enhances the security of RSA signatures. 

Use RSA-PSS

Check this box to enable RSA-PSS for the selected Response Hash Algorithm.

RSA-PSS is an RSA-based probabilistic signature scheme that enhances the security of RSA signatures. 

Mandatory: No.