OCSP Revocation Checker

Query the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responder for a certificate and verify it has not been revoked.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is OCSP and why does revocation matter?

Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) allows clients to verify whether a certificate has been revoked before trusting it. If a private key is compromised or a certificate is misisssued, the Certificate Authority (CA) marks it revoked via OCSP. Without revocation checking, a stolen certificate remains trusted by clients until its natural expiry.

What is OCSP stapling?

In basic Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP), the client contacts the Certificate Authority (CA)'s OCSP responder on every Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection — adding latency and revealing browsing behaviour to the CA. OCSP stapling lets the server include a cached, signed OCSP response in the TLS handshake, eliminating the client's OCSP request entirely. Check OCSP stapling status with our TLS/SSL Deep Scan.

What does a revoked certificate mean?

A revoked certificate should no longer be trusted — the Certificate Authority (CA) has declared it invalid before its expiry date. Common revocation reasons: key compromise, CA compromise, affiliation change, superseded by a new certificate. Browsers handle revocation inconsistently; Chrome uses CRLSets and expects Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) stapling rather than making live OCSP requests.