X-Git-Url: https://jfr.im/git/irc/freenode/web-7.0.git/blobdiff_plain/ca92fe9a00cef0c187d11a32a86de14a5bb294a4..de46059aabbd010ec0b085067e98f28d0411b43a:/content/kb/using/certfp.md diff --git a/content/kb/using/certfp.md b/content/kb/using/certfp.md index 06fb2e8a2..89b970727 100644 --- a/content/kb/using/certfp.md +++ b/content/kb/using/certfp.md @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ You can generate a certificate with the following command: You will be prompted for various pieces of information about the certificate. The contents do not matter for our purposes, but `openssl` needs at least one of -them to be non-empty. This certificate will last about 3 years. +them to be non-empty. This certificate will last about 3 years, so consider setting +a calendar reminder. The `.pem` file will have the same access to your NickServ account as your password does, so take appropriate care in securing it. @@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ password does, so take appropriate care in securing it. Inspecting your certificate =========================== -The expiration date can be checked with the following command and set a calendar reminder: +The expiration date can be checked with the following command: openssl x509 -in freenode.pem -noout -enddate