Re: Error in SSL config documentation?

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 20:03, Khusro Jaleel
<mailing-lists(at)kerneljack(dot)com> wrote:
> On 07/05/11 18:46, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
>> clientcert=1 makes the server request a client certificate - but does
>> not use it for authentication. So the client just has to present *any
>> valid* client certificate, and can then use whatever other
>> authenticaiton method is specified (md5, ldap, etc).
>
> Ah, I see now. When you wrote "clientcert=1" above, that made me realise
> that I was making a mistake. I was using "clientcert" in the authentication
> method column, and you can't use it there because it's an "option" to "any
> other auth method" and not a auth method on its own.
>
> I did read the doc and this was not clear to me at first, so perhaps it
> could be made clearer?

Probalby, if you got confused. Do you have a suggestion for a better wording?

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