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| author | friendica <info@friendica.com> | 2014-04-10 18:50:33 -0700 |
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| committer | friendica <info@friendica.com> | 2014-04-10 18:50:33 -0700 |
| commit | fb88544ae49acaafa3612efdc9e3d8ac71cf6641 (patch) | |
| tree | 14bebb38130a81df9c108a097ccb1e456463e776 /install/INSTALL.txt | |
| parent | a798dd767d1d3e7d250db2b9387b754a713c5cce (diff) | |
| parent | feb3a8162318ac57c8b34a25a8b14293bd6405bf (diff) | |
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Merge https://github.com/friendica/red into pending_merge
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diff --git a/install/INSTALL.txt b/install/INSTALL.txt index 65efa9cfe..c23cf740e 100644 --- a/install/INSTALL.txt +++ b/install/INSTALL.txt @@ -33,7 +33,23 @@ Put some thought into this - because changing it is currently not-supported. Things will break, and some of your friends may have difficulty communicating with you. We plan to address this limitation in a future release. -Decide if you will use SSL and obtain an SSL cert before software installation. You SHOULD use SSL. If you use SSL, you MUST use a "browser-valid" certificate. Please test your certificate prior to installation. A web tool for testing your certificate is available at "http://www.digicert.com/help/". When visiting your site for the first time, please use the SSL ("https://") URL if SSL is available. This will avoid problems later. +Decide if you will use SSL and obtain an SSL certificate before software +installation. You SHOULD use SSL. If you use SSL, you MUST use a +"browser-valid" certificate. You MUST NOT use self-signed certificates! + +Please test your certificate prior to installation. A web tool for testing your +certificate is available at "http://www.digicert.com/help/". When visiting your +site for the first time, please use the SSL ("https://") URL if SSL is +available. This will avoid problems later. The installation routine will not +allow you to use a non browser-valid certificate. + +This restriction is incorporated because public posts from you may for example +contain references to images on your own hub. If your certificate is not known +by the internet browser of users they get a warning message complaining about +some security issues. Although these complains are not the real truth - there +are no security issues with your encryption! - the users may be confused, +nerved or even worse may become scared about Red Matrix having security issues. +Use one of the free certification instances! 1. Requirements |