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Library used to check the OCSP revocation status for a x509 digital certificate.
OCSP-Checker is a python package based on Alban Diquet's nassl wrapper and the Python Cryptographic Authority's cryptography package. Relying on a web browser to check the revocation status of a x509 digital certificate has been broken from the beginning, and validating certificates outside of the web browser is a manual process. OCSP-Checker aims to solve this by providing an automated means to check the OCSP revocation status for a x509 digital certificate.
Python - Python 3.7 (64-bit) and above.
It is strongly recommended to run ocsp-checker in a virtual environment. This will prevent you from impacting your system python when installing its dependencies. venv is a good option, with an example below:
python -m venv ocsp-checker
cd ocsp-checker && source bin/activate
Once your virtual environment is activated, install ocsp-checker as follows:
pip install ocsp-checker
>>> from ocspchecker import ocspchecker
>>> ocsp_request = ocspchecker.get_ocsp_status("github.com")
Sample output below, let me know if you want to add more fields/information to the output.
['Host: github.com:443', 'OCSP URL: http://ocsp.digicert.com', 'OCSP Status: GOOD']
PLEASE NOTE: If you run this on a network with a MITM SSL proxy, you may receive unintended results (see below):
["Error: Certificate Authority Information Access (AIA) Extension Missing. Possible MITM Proxy."]
OCSP-Checker can now be used at the command line. The format is:
usage: ocspchecker [-h] --target target [--port port]
Check the OCSP revocation status for a x509 digital certificate.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--target target, -t target
The target to test
--port port, -p port The port to test (default is 443)
For example:
ocspchecker -t github.com
FAQs
Library used to check the OCSP revocation status for a x509 digital certificate.
We found that ocsp-checker demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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