Open terminal and run this command and replae YOURNICKNAMEHERE.pem with your nickname or something else which makes you know what it is (DO NOT SET PASSWORD FOR IT OR YOUR CLIENT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT):
+Open terminal and run this command and replace YOURNICKNAMEHERE.pem with your nickname or something else which makes you know what it is (DO NOT SET PASSWORD FOR IT OR YOUR CLIENT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT):
openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout YOURNICKNAMEHERE.pem -x509 -days 3650 -out YOURNICKNAMEHERE.pem -subj "/CN=Your Nickname"This gives us file YOURNICKNAMEHERE.pem which you must give to your IRC client which is valid for 10 years and must be regenerated at least every 10 years or whatever you specify in -days.
Oh, and don't close your terminal yet as you will need it for HexChat.
diff --git a/pages/external/identifying.html.md b/pages/external/identifying.html.md index 764e2a1..b951ff2 100644 --- a/pages/external/identifying.html.md +++ b/pages/external/identifying.html.md @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Download it and run the installer. ### Generating the certificate -Open terminal and run this command and replae YOURNICKNAMEHERE.pem with +Open terminal and run this command and replace YOURNICKNAMEHERE.pem with your nickname or something else which makes you know what it is (**DO NOT SET PASSWORD FOR IT OR YOUR CLIENT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT**):