Connecting to the Validation Authority

The Validation Authority offers validation services over both HTTP and HTTPS (SSL). In a default installation, the Validation Authority uses port 3501 for HTTP requests and port 3601 for SSL requests.

If you are using the default ports for the Validation Authority, then validation login page is accessible with the following URLs:

  • http://myserver:3501/

  • https://myserver:3601/

Depending on the configuration, Validation Authority can service both OCSP and SCVP responses. In such a case, the URLs are:

  • http://authority-server:3501/responder and https://authority-server:3601/responder

  • http://authority-server:3501/scvp and https://authority-server:3601/scvp

For more information, refer to Configuring the Validation Authority.

Since all OCSP responses are protected by digital signatures, HID Global recommends performing validation over HTTP to avoid the performance overhead of SSL.

Warning! To establish secure connection to the Validation Authority via the HTTPS port, self-signed certificates are used for authentication purposes.