commit 783ce10cae6dd4a705f0e2cb18ece73b49d386c7
parent b4f6616478c9439fa4cd57c799b427e856cfe372
Author: Antoine Amarilli <a3nm@a3nm.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:51:06 +0200
update readme for ssl
Diffstat:
| README | | | 19 | +++++++++++++++---- |
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -52,11 +52,22 @@ shell from interpreting '#' (irctk won't see them).
More elaborate options are supported. Here is how to connect to a
password-protected channel on a password-protected server on a non-standard
-port, specifying a custom nickname, username and real name, and disabling SSL
-certificate checking (for connecting to servers with SSL support and a
-self-signed certificate).
+port, specifying a custom nickname, username and real name.
- $ irctk -s -U jh -R "J. Hacker" nick:srvpass@example.com:3724 '#test:chanpass'
+ $ irctk -U jh -R "J. Hacker" nick:srvpass@example.com:3724 '#test:chanpass'
+
+To connect to a server with SSL support, run:
+
+ $ irctk --ssl example.com
+
+To additionally disable SSL certificate checking, and allow self-signed and
+invalid certificates (at the risk of falling in a man-in-the-middle attack),
+run:
+
+ $ irctk --ssl --no-check-certificate example.com
+
+Connection will fail if you specify --ssl but the server does not support SSL,
+or vice versa.
=== 3.2. Using irctk's stdin ===
