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I've set OCSP up, but see lots of resolver timed out errors in my logs:

ocsp.sectigo.com could not be resolved (110: Operation timed out) while requesting certificate status, responder: ocsp.sectigo.com

Looking into it it seems I can curl ocsp.sectigo.com quickly and consistently, but curl -6 ocsp.sectigo.com fails. Indeed, it seems there's no AAAA record on ocsp.sectigo.com.

I don't know if nginx would even be trying to resolve ipv6 (I know nothing about ipv6) but I'm guessing that MIGHT be the problem here?

I've tried removing my resolver/resolver_timeout declarations and replacing them with ssl_stapling_responder http://213.133.98.98/;, but then I get these errors:

OCSP responder timed out (110: Connection timed out) while requesting certificate status, responder: 213.133.98.98, peer: 213.133.98.98:80

(and indeed if I try to curl the IP address that does timeout for me as well)

This is my relevant nginx conf:

ssl_stapling                on;
ssl_stapling_verify         on;
ssl_trusted_certificate     /etc/nginx/ssl/mydomain.crt;

resolver                    8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 valid=300s;
resolver_timeout            1s;

I had the timeout set to 10s but given the errors I'm getting I'm worried that some of my end users are sat there with a 10s pause waiting for the site to load before the OCSP gives up. I'd like to think the OCSP check is asynchronous after the page has loaded, but I've no idea!

nginx version:

nginx version: nginx/1.19.4
built by gcc 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5) (GCC)
built with OpenSSL 1.1.1c FIPS  28 May 2019
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --modules-path=/usr/lib64/nginx/modules
--conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log
--pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp
--http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp
--http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-compat
--with-file-aio --with-threads --with-http_addition_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module
--with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_random_index_module
--with-http_realip_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_slice_module --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module
--with-http_sub_module --with-http_v2_module --with-mail --with-mail_ssl_module --with-stream --with-stream_realip_module --with-stream_ssl_module
--with-stream_ssl_preread_module --with-cc-opt='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS
-fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 
-specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection 
-fPIC' --with-ld-opt='-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -pie'

Anything I can do better? Should I just abandon OCSP?

Codemonkey
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  • It seems like you’re running on Red Hat , can it be that SElinux is blocking the OCSP calls and the error message is not representative of the root cause of the problem? – Bob Nov 19 '20 at 09:51
  • Nope. CentOS 8 and SElinux is disabled. I assume I don't need any odd firewall settings for OCSP, it's all just port 80? – Codemonkey Nov 19 '20 at 09:57
  • are you using the same resolver IP-addresses in your nginx configuration as you are in your OS `/etc/resolv.conf` (or systemd resolvctl)? – Bob Nov 19 '20 at 11:14
  • I wasn't, no (and still aren't - SHOULD I be?). I have now solved the problem though, it was my webhosts separate firewall (i.e. not nftables on my box) blocking the UDP connection: https://serverfault.com/questions/1043178/how-can-i-see-the-response-of-the-dns-requests-that-tcpdump-is-showing-me/ – Codemonkey Nov 19 '20 at 13:07

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