Module: ngircd.git Branch: master Commit: 0acef7c598765e4cd786b875395c6601f7e41a19 URL: http://ngircd.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git&a=commit;h=0acef7c59... Author: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Date: Fri Jan 9 21:30:43 2009 +0100 documentation: gnutls does not support password-protected privkeys already mentioned in man page and sample config file, but for completeness also document it in doc/SSL.txt. --- doc/SSL.txt | 10 ++++++++-- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 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 ===