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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/ssl.8 | 13 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/ssl.8 b/share/man/man8/ssl.8 index cd1111c0b6b..285b6a1482d 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/ssl.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/ssl.8 @@ -172,7 +172,18 @@ with the .Ar -DSSL flag, enabling .Ar https -transactions with your machine on port 443. +transactions with your machine on port 443. +.Pp +You will most likely want to generate a self-signed certificate in the +manner above along with your certificate signing request to test your +server's functionality even if you are going to have the certificate +signed by another Certifying Authority. Once your Certifying +Authority returns the signed certificate to you, you can switch to +using the new certificate by replacing the self-signed +.Pa /etc/ssl/server.crt +with the certificate signed by your Certifying Authority, and then +restarting +.Xr httpd 8 .Sh BUGS .Pp The world needs more |