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<p>The following commands are required, this generates a valid certificate and prints the fingerprint which you must copy to your IRC client.</p>
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-$ openssl genpkey -algorithm ed25519 -out private.pem
-$ openssl req -new -x509 -key private.pem -out cert.pem -days 365
+openssl genpkey -algorithm ed25519 -out private.pem
+openssl req -new -x509 -key private.pem -out cert.pem -days 365
# go through the prompt, just hit enter...
-$ cat private.pem cert.pem > nick.pem
-$ rm private.pem cert.pem
+cat private.pem cert.pem > nick.pem
+rm private.pem cert.pem
# then get your fingerprint, copy this into your clipboard...
-$ openssl x509 -in nick.pem -outform DER | sha256sum -b | awk '{print $1}'
-$ mv nick.pem ~/.cert/
+openssl x509 -in nick.pem -outform DER | sha256sum -b | awk '{print $1}'
+mv nick.pem ~/.cert/
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<p>Add that fingerprint like this:</p>
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