diff -ru x509-5.5/ssh-ocsp.c x509-5.5+ocsppath/ssh-ocsp.c
--- x509-5.5/ssh-ocsp.c	2006-05-18 21:02:45.000000000 +0300
+++ x509-5.5+ocsppath/ssh-ocsp.c	2006-08-26 17:54:58.000000000 +0300
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@
 	if (conn == NULL) return;
 	*pconn = NULL;
 
+	/* we don't need to clean items */
+	if (conn->path != NULL) xfree(conn->path);
 	if (conn->data != NULL) xfree(conn->data);
 	if (conn->url  != NULL) xfree((void*)conn->url );
 	xfree(conn);
@@ -430,8 +432,9 @@
 	conn->host = p;
 	q = strchr(p, '/');
 	if (q != NULL) {
+		if (q[1] != '\x0') conn->path = xstrdup(q); /*fatal on error*/
 		*q = '\x0';
-		/* q+1 might point to path */
+		/* now p(conn->host) point only to host{:port} */
 	}
 	/*else q is NULL !!!*/
 
@@ -449,12 +452,6 @@
 #endif
 	}
 
-	/* chech for path */
-	p = q;
-	if (p == NULL) goto exit;
-	if (*++p == '\x0') goto exit;
-	conn->path = p;
-
 exit:
 	return(conn);
 error: