Acceleration of online certificate status checking with an internet hinting service

Abstract

Examples for acceleration of online certificate status checking with an Internet hinting service are disclosed. For example, one method includes receiving, by a computing device from a hinting server, hint information comprising certificate information; receiving, from a remote computing device, a certificate in response to a request to establish secure communications with the remote computing device; and determining a validity of the certificate based on the certificate information.

That which is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, at a hinting service, hinting feedback from a remote first client computing device, the hinting feedback comprising certificate information about a certificate issued by a certificate authority, the certificate having been used during a first web transaction by the first client computing device as part of establishing a secure communications channel with a content service, wherein the hinting service is on a first server and the certificate authority is on a second server that is distinct and separate from the first server;   determining whether the certificate information comprises new certificate information; and   responsive to determining that the certificate information comprises new certificate information, storing the new certificate information in a cache at the hinting service.