Patent ID: 8583917
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing digital certificates in a plurality of entries in a repository by a server computing device; receiving pre-signed online certificate status protocol (OCSP) responses from an OCSP responder that include revocation status information for the digital certificates; storing the pre-signed OCSP responses in entries of the repository corresponding to the digital certificates associated with the pre-signed OCSP responses; receiving a request for a digital certificate from a remote client computing device that does not include the digital certificate or an OCSP response comprising revocation status information for the digital certificate; and in response to the request, sending to the remote client computing device the digital certificate and a pre-signed OCSP response comprising the revocation status information for the digital certificate, wherein the pre-signed OCSP response is sent to the remote client computing device independent of a verification of a validity of the digital certificate.