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Recommendations: Internal Certificate Authority w/ CRL and/or OCSP (feddit.org)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Title says it - I want a simple CA that doesn't overcomplicate things (looking at you, EJBCA). I need it to serve at least CRLs or better OCSP automatically for the certs it manages. If it comes with a Web GUI, all the better, but doesn't need to. Docker deployment would be sweet.

Currently handling this on an OPNSense I happen to be running, but that thing is also serving stuff to the public 'net, so I'd rather not have my crown jewels on there.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

https://smallstep.com/docs/step-ca/index.html

There's basically two executables involved:

step is the CLI app used to request certificates
step-ca is the server process the step client connects to

I've got the CA portion bundled into Docker. It can also run as an ACME server (and is compatible with certbot).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

step-ca does not currently support active revocation mechanisms like a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) or Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP).

Meh. Doesn't do what I need it to. :/

Does seem like automatic CRL/OCSP is something you only get for free with EJBCA. Frustrating, that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

This is exactly what i wanted to say :)