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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories SSL
Created by Guest
Created on May 8, 2023

Enable AT-TLS clients to send certificate_status extension

To get OCSP stapling working the server side must be enabled
to support OCSP stapling and the client side must send
a certificate-status extension with it's handshake to request
the OCSP information during the handshake.

With parameter OCSPServerStapling AT-TLS server can be enabled
to support OCSP stapling but AT-TLS clients can't be configured 
to send the certificate-status extension.

To use the advantages of OCSP stapling for connections with z/OS
clients we suggest to implement an AT-TLS parameter to enable 
clients to send the certificate-status extension. 
 

Idea priority Medium