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documentation: gnutls does not support password-protected privkeys

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already mentioned in man page and sample config file, but for
completeness also document it in doc/SSL.txt.
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Florian Westphal 2009-01-09 21:30:43 +01:00
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@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ options of the ./configure script to enable it:
--with-openssl enable SSL support using OpenSSL
--with-gnutls enable SSL support using GnuTLS
You need a SSL certificate, see below for how to create a self-signed one.
You also need a key/certificate, see below for how to create a self-signed one.
From a feature point of view, ngIRCds support for both libraries is
comparable. The only major difference (at this time) is that ngircd with gnutls
does not support password protected private keys.
Configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ Create DH parameters (optional):
Alternate approach using stunnel(1)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alternatively (or if you are using ngIRCd without compiled without support
Alternatively (or if you are using ngIRCd compiled without support
for GnuTLS/OpenSSL), you can use external programs/tools like stunnel(1) to
get SSL encrypted connections:
@ -101,4 +104,7 @@ short "how-to", thanks Stefan!
That's it.
Don't forget to activate ssl support in your irc client ;)
The main drawback of this approach compared to using builtin ssl
is that from ngIRCds point of view, all ssl-enabled client connections will
originate from the host running stunnel.
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