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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 uses base64 to encode all traffic to and from the client. This does
not affect the data between websockify and the server. 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 ### Websock Javascript library