From 95cf3a1cdc3f3c7d57fefa7dd9547b13b721a558 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jaakko Keränen Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 18:36:49 +0200 Subject: Updated Help More details about identities. --- res/about/help.gmi | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/res/about/help.gmi b/res/about/help.gmi index 4abaabbc..ab689249 100644 --- a/res/about/help.gmi +++ b/res/about/help.gmi @@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ The Identities sidebar tab shows all identities known to Lagrange. Press ${CTRL+ Click on the 👤 button in the navigation bar and select "New Identity...". The shortcut for this is ${SHIFT+}${CTRL+}N. -Consider any information you enter in the certificate as public; only the Common Name is required and will appear as the issuer and subject of the certificate. +Consider any information you enter in the certificate as public; only the Common Name is required and will appear as the issuer and subject of the certificate. This makes it clear that the certificate is self-signed. The other required field is the expiration date in "Valid until". Entering a year is sufficient, and means that the certificate is valid until the end of that year. + +The "Temporary" option prevents the identity from being saved persistently — it will be deleted as soon as you quit Lagrange. Otherwise, the certificate and its private key are written to .crt and .pem files. ### Using an identity -- cgit v1.2.3