Re: what is the “Online Certificate Status Protocol”

[Sam Sharpe]

On 9 March 2011 09:30, erikmccaskey64 <erikmccaskey64 at zoho.com> wrote:
> I use privoxy. In the user.action file i have a redirect rule and a few
> websites:
> { +redirect{s at http://@https://@} }
> .twitter.com
> .facebook.com

Should you not ask in a Privoxy forum? This doesn't seem particularly
related to Fedora.

> Ok! it's working great, e.g.: if i visit any "*twitter.com" URL it gets
> redirected to HTTPS!
> But: with wireshark i can see some "OCSP" packets [
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Certificate_Status_Protocol ]
> Question: What are these packets? Why aren't there in HTTPS?

Did you read the Wikipedia article you referenced? It would seem to
explain this.

-- 
Sam