OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) is an Internet protocol used to determine the status of a website's certificate used for secure communications. This article describes how to fix or work around the error message, The OCSP server has no status for the certificate.

Table Of Contents

• Check settings
• Workaround

Check settings

Ensure that Firefox has the default settings for OCSP connection failures:

1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the ToolsFirefoxEdit menu, and select Options...Preferences....
2. Click on the Advanced icon to open the Advanced panel.
3. Click on the Encryption tab.
4. Click on Validation. The Certificate Validation window will appear.
5. Make sure When an OCSP server connection fails, treat the certificate as invalid is not selected.
6. Close the Certificate Validation window.
7. Click OK to close the Options windowClick Close to close the Preferences windowClose the Preferences window

Workaround

To work around the OCSP error, you may temporarily disable OCSP certificate validation.

1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the ToolsFirefoxEdit menu, and select Options...Preferences....
2. Click on the Advanced icon to open the Advanced panel.
3. Click on the Encryption tab.
4. Click on Validation. The Certificate Validation window will appear.
5. Click Use the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) to confirm the validaty of certificates to un-select it.
6. Close the Certificate Validation window.
7. Click OK to close the Options windowClick Close to close the Preferences windowClose the Preferences window