For authenticating the SSL client, execute the following operations in addition to steps 1 to 5 of 5.1.1 Preparing for SSL communication, and then restart the Web server:
- Installing the client certificate for the Web browser
Install the client certificate for the Web browser as per the CA instructions used to issue certificate.
- Acquiring the CA certificate
Acquire the certificate (PEM formatted) of CA that has issued the client certificate.
- Editing the httpsd.conf file (definition of directives)
To enable the SSL client authentication, specify 2 in the SSLVerifyClient and 2 or more in the SSLVerifyDepth directive. Specify the PEM formatted certificate acquired from the CA in the SSLCACertificateFile or SSLCACertificatePath directive.
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- You cannot specify the SSLCACertificatePath directive in Windows version.