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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2013-04-07 17:09:10 +0100
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2013-04-07 17:09:10 +0100
commit57233af5f91cdca9a0232a71fab2d12a538cb1a6 (patch)
treed4ee4f549400f7e7c0312d550c7738d26a939870 /doc
parent29a16b31f0962c7972d666c90e65d5b1b6b003bb (diff)
parent983207c12082eb01a5a5a0552962de200f231bf4 (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.txt11
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.