The IESG has received a request from the Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509) WG (pkix) to consider the following document: - 'X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP' <draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2560bis-15.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2013-03-27. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document specifies a protocol useful in determining the current status of a digital certificate without requiring CRLs. Additional mechanisms addressing PKIX operational requirements are specified in separate documents. This document obsoletes RFC 2560 and RFC 6277, and updates RFC 5912. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2560bis/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2560bis/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.