{"categories":[{"label":"Cryptography","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/security-cryptography"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"ocspbuilder creates and signs OCSP requests and responses for X.509 certificates, enabling certificate status validation in PKI systems.","skillfed_tags":["pki","certificate-validation","cryptography"],"use_cases":["Build OCSP responses in a custom certificate authority or OCSP responder service.","Generate OCSP requests to validate certificate status in client applications.","Integrate certificate revocation checking into PKI infrastructure without external dependencies.","Test OCSP protocol handling in certificate validation libraries or security tools."],"what_it_does":"ocspbuilder is a Python library for constructing and signing OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) requests and responses used in X.509 certificate validation workflows. It is part of the modularcrypto family of cryptographic packages and sits alongside asn1crypto for ASN.1 handling and oscrypto for cryptographic operations.\n\nThe library handles the low-level construction of OCSP protocol messages, allowing developers to build certificate status responses that can be served to clients validating certificate chains. It abstracts the ASN.1 encoding and signing logic required by the OCSP standard, making it practical to implement OCSP responder functionality or generate OCSP requests for certificate validation in custom PKI systems.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need to work with OCSP protocol messages in a Python PKI system. The library has low install friction, permissive licensing, and no known vulnerabilities. The gap between the latest release (2016) and current maintenance activity warrants checking whether the library's maturity or stability meets your project's expectations, but active repository status suggests it is maintained."},"id":"ocspbuilder","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/ocspbuilder","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/ocspbuilder.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/ocspbuilder/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2016-07-29","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"ocspbuilder","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Creates and signs online certificate status protocol (OCSP) requests and responses for X.509 certificates"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1870326,"position":3473,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.10.2"}