redis/redis-py · error · AuthorizationError

you are not authorized to view this ocsp certificate

Error message

you are not authorized to view this ocsp certificate

What it means

Error "you are not authorized to view this ocsp certificate" thrown in redis/redis-py.

Source

Thrown at redis/ocsp.py:56

        elif isinstance(pubkey, EllipticCurvePublicKey):
            pubkey.verify(
                ocsp_response.signature,
                ocsp_response.tbs_response_bytes,
                ECDSA(ocsp_response.signature_hash_algorithm),
            )
        else:
            pubkey.verify(ocsp_response.signature, ocsp_response.tbs_response_bytes)
    except InvalidSignature:
        raise ConnectionError("failed to valid ocsp response")


def _check_certificate(issuer_cert, ocsp_bytes, validate=True):
    """A wrapper the return the validity of a known ocsp certificate"""

    ocsp_response = ocsp.load_der_ocsp_response(ocsp_bytes)

    if ocsp_response.response_status == ocsp.OCSPResponseStatus.UNAUTHORIZED:
        raise AuthorizationError("you are not authorized to view this ocsp certificate")
    if ocsp_response.response_status == ocsp.OCSPResponseStatus.SUCCESSFUL:
        if ocsp_response.certificate_status != ocsp.OCSPCertStatus.GOOD:
            raise ConnectionError(
                f"Received an {str(ocsp_response.certificate_status).split('.')[1]} "
                "ocsp certificate status"
            )
    else:
        raise ConnectionError(
            "failed to retrieve a successful response from the ocsp responder"
        )

    if ocsp_response.this_update >= datetime.datetime.now():
        raise ConnectionError("ocsp certificate was issued in the future")

    if (
        ocsp_response.next_update
        and ocsp_response.next_update < datetime.datetime.now()
    ):

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at redis/ocsp.py:56 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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