Skip to content

Glossary: Security+ Exam Prep 3: Practice Exams

OCSP stapling

Also written: OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) stapling, OCSP

The server fetches its own signed OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) answer about revocation and attaches it to each connection, so browsers do not have to check with the CA.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

CRL (certificate revocation list)CA (certificate authority)