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authorSimon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>2009-04-20 16:11:10 +0200
committerSimon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>2009-04-20 16:11:10 +0200
commit7ffeba022859b2b9d909bc3fb8a89057a309ae06 (patch)
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parent6f8559fa0cf9c66a1411d056ef159001de66a3cd (diff)
downloadgnutls-7ffeba022859b2b9d909bc3fb8a89057a309ae06.tar.gz
Explain how to generate DSA key.
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diff --git a/doc/gnutls.texi b/doc/gnutls.texi
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@@ -2802,12 +2802,18 @@ Note that a self-signed certificate usually belongs to a certificate
authority, that signs other certificates.
@item
-To create a private key, run:
+To create a private key (RSA by default), run:
@example
$ certtool --generate-privkey --outfile key.pem
@end example
+To create a DSA private key, run:
+
+@example
+$ certtool --generate-privkey --outfile key-dsa.pem
+@end example
+
@item
To generate a certificate using the private key, use the command: