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ssl-ocspResponder

The following operations can be performed on "ssl-ocspResponder":

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add ssl ocspResponder

Adds an OCSP responder. An OCSP responder identifies the OCSP server that validates a certificate. Citrix ADCs support OCSP as defined in RFC 2560.

Synopsis

add ssl ocspResponder <name> -url <URL> [-cache ( ENABLED | DISABLED ) [-cacheTimeout <positive_integer>]] [-batchingDepth <positive_integer>] [-batchingDelay <positive_integer>] [-resptimeout <positive_integer>] [-ocspUrlResolveTimeout <msecs>] [-responderCert <string> | -trustResponder] [-producedAtTimeSkew <positive_integer>] [-signingCert <string>] [-useNonce ( YES | NO )] [-insertClientCert ( YES | NO )] [-httpMethod ( GET | POST )]

Arguments

name

Name for the OCSP responder. Cannot begin with a hash (#) or space character and must contain only ASCII alphanumeric, underscore (_), hash (#), period (.), space, colon (:), at (@), equals (=), and hyphen (-) characters. Cannot be changed after the responder is created.

The following requirement applies only to the Citrix ADC CLI: If the name includes one or more spaces, enclose the name in double or single quotation marks (for example, "my responder" or 'my responder').

url

URL of the OCSP responder.

cache

Enable caching of responses. Caching of responses received from the OCSP responder enables faster responses to the clients and reduces the load on the OCSP responder.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED Default value: DISABLED

cacheTimeout

Timeout for caching the OCSP response. After the timeout, the Citrix ADC sends a fresh request to the OCSP responder for the certificate status. If a timeout is not specified, the timeout provided in the OCSP response applies. Default value: 1 Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 43200

batchingDepth

Number of client certificates to batch together into one OCSP request. Batching avoids overloading the OCSP responder. A value of 1 signifies that each request is queried independently. For a value greater than 1, specify a timeout (batching delay) to avoid inordinately delaying the processing of a single certificate. Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 8

batchingDelay

Maximum time, in milliseconds, to wait to accumulate OCSP requests to batch. Does not apply if the Batching Depth is 1. Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 10000

resptimeout

Time, in milliseconds, to wait for an OCSP response. When this time elapses, an error message appears or the transaction is forwarded, depending on the settings on the virtual server. Includes Batching Delay time. Minimum value: 100 Maximum value: 120000

ocspUrlResolveTimeout

Time, in milliseconds, to wait for an OCSP URL Resolution. When this time elapses, an error message appears or the transaction is forwarded, depending on the settings on the virtual server. Minimum value: 100 Maximum value: 2000

responderCert

trustResponder

A certificate to use to validate OCSP responses. Alternatively, if -trustResponder is specified, no verification will be done on the reponse. If both are omitted, only the response times (producedAt, lastUpdate, nextUpdate) will be verified.

producedAtTimeSkew

Time, in seconds, for which the Citrix ADC waits before considering the response as invalid. The response is considered invalid if the Produced At time stamp in the OCSP response exceeds or precedes the current Citrix ADC clock time by the amount of time specified. Default value: 300 Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 86400

signingCert

Certificate-key pair that is used to sign OCSP requests. If this parameter is not set, the requests are not signed.

useNonce

Enable the OCSP nonce extension, which is designed to prevent replay attacks.

Possible values: YES, NO

insertClientCert

Include the complete client certificate in the OCSP request.

Possible values: YES, NO

httpMethod

HTTP method used to send ocsp request. POST is the default httpmethod. If request length is > 255, POST wil be used even if GET is set as httpMethod

Possible values: GET, POST Default value: POST

Example

1) add ssl ocspResponder -url http://ocsp.example.com -producedAtTimeSkew 0 The above command will only allow responses that were generated in the same second to be used. That is, if the response was generated at 12:00:01, it would have to be received by the Citrix ADC by 12:00:59 to be considered still valid. 2) add ssl ocspResponder -url http://ocsp.example.com -producedAtTimeSkew 300 This command will allow responses to vary up to five minutes plus or minus. That is, if the response has a producedAt time of 12:00:00, it will be accepted at the Citrix ADC if the local clock is between 11:55:00 and 12:05:00

rm ssl ocspResponder

Removes the specified OCSP responder from the appliance.

Synopsis

rm ssl ocspResponder <name> ...

Arguments

name

Name of the OCSP responder to remove. The OCSP responder is removed only if it is not referenced by any other object.

Example

1)rm ssl ocspResponder o1 The above command removes the OCSP responder o1 from the system.

set ssl ocspResponder

Modifies the parameters of an OCSP responder.

Synopsis

set ssl ocspResponder <name> [-url <URL>] [-cache ( ENABLED | DISABLED )] [-cacheTimeout <positive_integer>] [-batchingDepth <positive_integer>] [-batchingDelay <positive_integer>] [-resptimeout <positive_integer>] [-ocspUrlResolveTimeout <msecs>] [-responderCert <string> | -trustResponder] [-producedAtTimeSkew <positive_integer>] [-signingCert <string>] [-useNonce ( YES | NO )] [-insertClientCert ( YES | NO )] [-httpMethod ( GET | POST )]

Arguments

name

Name of the OCSP responder to modify.

url

URL of the OCSP responder.

cache

Enable caching of responses. Caching of responses received from the OCSP responder enables faster responses to the clients and reduces the load on the OCSP responder.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED Default value: DISABLED

cacheTimeout

Timeout for caching the OCSP response. After the timeout, the Citrix ADC sends a fresh request to the OCSP responder for the certificate status. If a timeout is not specified, the timeout provided in the OCSP response applies. Default value: 1 Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 43200

batchingDepth

Number of client certificates to batch together into one OCSP request. Batching avoids overloading the OCSP responder. A value of 1 signifies that each request is queried independently. For a value greater than 1, specify a timeout (batching delay) to avoid inordinately delaying the processing of a single certificate. Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 8

batchingDelay

Maximum time, in milliseconds, to wait to accumulate OCSP requests to batch. Does not apply if the Batching Depth is 1. Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 10000

resptimeout

Time, in milliseconds, to wait for an OCSP response. When this time elapses, an error message appears or the transaction is forwarded, depending on the settings on the virtual server. Includes Batching Delay time. Minimum value: 100 Maximum value: 120000

ocspUrlResolveTimeout

Time, in milliseconds, to wait for an OCSP URL Resolution. When this time elapses, an error message appears or the transaction is forwarded, depending on the settings on the virtual server. Minimum value: 100 Maximum value: 2000

responderCert

trustResponder

A certificate to use to validate OCSP responses. Alternatively, if -trustResponder is specified, no verification will be done on the reponse. If both are omitted, only the response times (producedAt, lastUpdate, nextUpdate) will be verified.

producedAtTimeSkew

Time, in seconds, for which the Citrix ADC waits before considering the response as invalid. The response is considered invalid if the Produced At time stamp in the OCSP response exceeds or precedes the current Citrix ADC clock time by the amount of time specified. Default value: 300 Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 86400

signingCert

Certificate-key pair that is used to sign OCSP requests. If this parameter is not set, the requests are not signed.

useNonce

Enable the OCSP nonce extension, which is designed to prevent replay attacks.

Possible values: YES, NO

insertClientCert

Include the complete client certificate in the OCSP request.

Possible values: YES, NO

httpMethod

HTTP method used to send ocsp request. POST is the default httpmethod. If request length is > 255, POST wil be used even if GET is set as httpMethod

Possible values: GET, POST Default value: POST

Example

1) add ssl ocspResponder -url http://ocsp.example.com -producedAtTimeSkew 0 The above command will only allow responses that were generated in the same second to be used. That is, if the response was generated at 12:00:01, it would have to be received by the Citrix ADC by 12:00:59 to be considered still valid. 2) add ssl ocspResponder -url http://ocsp.example.com -producedAtTimeSkew 300 This command will allow responses to vary up to five minutes plus or minus. That is, if the response has a producedAt time of 12:00:00, it will be accepted at the Citrix ADC if the local clock is between 11:55:00 and 12:05:00

unset ssl ocspResponder

Removes the attributes of an OCSP responder. Attributes for which a default value is available revert to their default values. Refer to the set ssl ocspResponder command for descriptions of the arguments..Refer to the set ssl ocspResponder command for meanings of the arguments.

Synopsis

unset ssl ocspResponder <name> [-trustResponder] [-insertClientCert ( YES | NO )] [-cache] [-cacheTimeout] [-batchingDepth] [-batchingDelay] [-resptimeout] [-ocspUrlResolveTimeout] [-responderCert] [-producedAtTimeSkew] [-signingCert] [-useNonce] [-httpMethod]

show ssl ocspResponder

Displays information about all the OCSP responders configured on the appliance, or displays detailed information about the specified OCSP responder.

Synopsis

show ssl ocspResponder [<name>]

Arguments

name

Name of the OCSP responder for which to show detailed information.

Output

url

URL of the OCSP responder.

cache

Enable caching of responses. Caching of responses received from the OCSP responder enables faster responses to the clients and reduces the load on the OCSP responder.

cacheTimeout

Timeout for caching the OCSP response. After the timeout, the Citrix ADC sends a fresh request to the OCSP responder for the certificate status. If a timeout is not specified, the timeout provided in the OCSP response applies.

batchingDepth

Number of client certificates to batch together into one OCSP request. Batching avoids overloading the OCSP responder. A value of 1 signifies that each request is queried independently. For a value greater than 1, specify a timeout (batching delay) to avoid inordinately delaying the processing of a single certificate.

batchingDelay

Maximum time, in milliseconds, to wait to accumulate OCSP requests to batch. Does not apply if the Batching Depth is 1.

ocspUrlResolveTimeout

Time, in milliseconds, to wait for an OCSP URL Resolution. When this time elapses, an error message appears or the transaction is forwarded, depending on the settings on the virtual server.

resptimeout

Maximum time, in mS, to wait for an OCSP response before giving up. Defaults to 2000 mS. If this is set to 0, Citrix ADC will wait for an indefinite amount of time.

producedAtTimeSkew

Time, in seconds, for which the Citrix ADC waits before considering the response as invalid. The response is considered invalid if the Produced At time stamp in the OCSP response exceeds or precedes the current Citrix ADC clock time by the amount of time specified.

responderCert

trustResponder

A certificate to use to validate OCSP responses. Alternatively, if -trustResponder is specified, no verification will be done on the reponse. If both are omitted, only the response times (producedAt, lastUpdate, nextUpdate) will be verified.

signingCert

Certificate-key pair that is used to sign OCSP requests. If this parameter is not set, the requests are not signed.

useNonce

Add a nonce to the OCSP request. Protects against replay attacks.

insertClientCert

Include the complete client certificate in the OCSP request.

ocspAiaRefcount

No of CA certs referencing this AIA responder

httpMethod

HTTP method used to send ocsp request. POST is the default httpmethod. If request length is > 255, POST wil be used even if GET is set as httpMethod

ocspIpAddrStr

DNS resolved IP address.

port

Port number on which OCSP Server listens.

devno

count

stateflag

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