X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FSSL.txt;h=7207f1bf6c21ce61ca488e94c8303df1557c67ed;hb=09914aa7471a74e8991c19407facdcb87cdd85dd;hp=6b590b8681ee872633597f7dfc1928f3bf83a8f3;hpb=8aa78e1ba259a09c4fbdd8bede84712bbb8cad7a;p=ngircd-web.git diff --git a/doc/SSL.txt b/doc/SSL.txt index 6b590b8..7207f1b 100644 --- a/doc/SSL.txt +++ b/doc/SSL.txt @@ -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. === snip ===