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author | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2013-04-07 17:09:10 +0100 |
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committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2013-04-07 17:09:10 +0100 |
commit | 57233af5f91cdca9a0232a71fab2d12a538cb1a6 (patch) | |
tree | d4ee4f549400f7e7c0312d550c7738d26a939870 /doc | |
parent | 29a16b31f0962c7972d666c90e65d5b1b6b003bb (diff) | |
parent | 983207c12082eb01a5a5a0552962de200f231bf4 (diff) |
Merge branch 'ocsp_staple_rollup'
* ocsp_staple_rollup:
tidying
OCSP-stapling enhancement and testing.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt index 8d1ebef13..385f0526e 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt +++ b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ starts retrying to fetch an OCSP proof some time before its current proof expires. The downside is that it requires server support. If Exim is built with EXPERIMENTAL_OCSP and it was built with OpenSSL, -then it gains one new option: "tls_ocsp_file". +then it gains a new global option: "tls_ocsp_file". The file specified therein is expected to be in DER format, and contain an OCSP proof. Exim will serve it as part of the TLS handshake. This @@ -86,10 +86,15 @@ next connection. Exim will check for a valid next update timestamp in the OCSP proof; if not present, or if the proof has expired, it will be ignored. +Also, given EXPERIMENTAL_OCSP and OpenSSL, the smtp transport gains +a "hosts_require_ocsp" option; a host-list for which an OCSP Stapling +is requested and required for the connection to proceed. The host(s) +should also be in "hosts_require_tls", and "tls_verify_certificates" +configured for the transport. + At this point in time, we're gathering feedback on use, to determine if it's worth adding complexity to the Exim daemon to periodically re-fetch -OCSP files and somehow handling multiple files. There is no client support -for OCSP in Exim, this is feature expected to be used by mail clients. +OCSP files and somehow handling multiple files. |