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Add openssl cert generation procedure to README.

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Joel Martin 2012-02-02 07:05:55 -06:00
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@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ encoding must used to encapsulate the data within UTF-8. Websockify
uses base64 to encode all traffic to and from the client. This does
not affect the data between websockify and the server.
### Encrypted WebSocket connections (wss://)
To encrypt the traffic using the WebSocket 'wss://' URI scheme you
need to generate a certificate for websockify to load. By default websockify
loads a certificate file name `self.pem` but the `--cert=CERT` option can
override the file name. You can generate a self-signed certificate using
openssl. When asked for the common name, use the hostname of the server where
the proxy will be running:
```
openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out self.pem -keyout self.pem
```
### Websock Javascript library