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authorRainer Jung <rjung@apache.org>2015-06-01 17:00:13 +0200
committerRainer Jung <rjung@apache.org>2015-06-01 17:00:13 +0200
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parentmod_proxy: follow up to r1681694. (diff)
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Try to clarify extended uses of SSLCertificateFile.
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@@ -757,20 +757,22 @@ SetEnvIf User-Agent "MSIE [2-5]" \
or higher), you can either rearrange mod_ssl's cipher list with
<directive module="mod_ssl">SSLCipherSuite</directive>
(possibly in conjunction with <directive module="mod_ssl">SSLHonorCipherOrder</directive>),
- or you can use the <directive module="mod_ssl">SSLCertificateFile</directive>
- directive to configure custom DH parameters with a 1024-bit prime, which
+ or you can use custom DH parameters with a 1024-bit prime, which
will always have precedence over any of the built-in DH parameters.</p>
- <p>To generate custom DH parameters, use the <code>openssl dhparam</code>
- command. Alternatively, you can append the following standard 1024-bit DH
+ <p>To generate custom DH parameters, use the <code>openssl dhparam 1024</code>
+ command. Alternatively, you can use the following standard 1024-bit DH
parameters from <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2409.txt">RFC 2409</a>,
- section 6.2 to the respective
- <directive module="mod_ssl">SSLCertificateFile</directive> file:</p>
+ section 6.2:</p>
<example><pre>-----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----
MIGHAoGBAP//////////yQ/aoiFowjTExmKLgNwc0SkCTgiKZ8x0Agu+pjsTmyJR
Sgh5jjQE3e+VGbPNOkMbMCsKbfJfFDdP4TVtbVHCReSFtXZiXn7G9ExC6aY37WsL
/1y29Aa37e44a/taiZ+lrp8kEXxLH+ZJKGZR7OZTgf//////////AgEC
-----END DH PARAMETERS-----</pre></example>
+ <p>Add the custom parameters including the "BEGIN DH PARAMETERS" and
+ "END DH PARAMETERS" lines to the end of the first certificate file
+ you have configured using the
+ <directive module="mod_ssl">SSLCertificateFile</directive> directive.</p>
</section>
</section>