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diff --git a/doc/SSL.md b/doc/SSL.md index a2e029b2..c457e60e 100644 --- a/doc/SSL.md +++ b/doc/SSL.md @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ SSL-encrypted connections and plain-text connects can't run on the same network port (which is a limitation of the IRC protocol); therefore you have to define separate port(s) in your `[SSL]` block in the configuration file. -A minimal configuration for *accepting* SSL-encrypted client & server +A minimal configuration for *accepting* SSL-encrypted client connections looks like this: ``` ini @@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ KeyFile = /etc/ssl/certs/my-privkey.pem Ports = 6697, 6698 ``` -In this case, the server only deals with *incoming* connections and never has to -validate SSL certificates itself, and therefore no "Certificate Authorities" are -needed. +In this case, the server only deals with unauthenticated incoming +connections and never has to validate SSL certificates itself, and therefore +no "Certificate Authorities" are needed. -If you want to use *outgoing* SSL-connections to other servers, you need to add: +If you want to use *outgoing* SSL-connections to other servers or accept +incoming *server* connections, you need to add: ``` ini [SSL] |