Klaas Wierenga wrote:

> 4.5.1.3 server credential revocation checking
> 
> Perhaps with the exception of the Grid community there is no use of
> OCSP (let alone SCVP) as far as I know, and popular implementations
> of SSL don't implement it. I understand the requirement but I am
> afraid this is too restrictive and may be prohibitive for
> implementers. I would suggest changing the MUST to SHOULD and 
> leave out the paragraph about OCSP and SCVP.

All the most common web browsers (such as Firefox, IE, Safari, 
and Opera) support OCSP.

(However, AFAIK they don't support the "certificate_status" TLS extension,
so you need network connectivity to check OCSP -- obviously a problem 
for EAP methods used for network access authentication...)

Best regards,
Pasi
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