There are many resources on the Internet for correctly securing apache web sites with X.509 client certificate authentication. This isn’t one of them. What follows is a three step guide to the fastest, easiest method for setting up self-signed server and client certificates. You are advised not to run any of the commands below in a production environment, they are presented only as an aid for those who learn kinesthetically.

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.
- General George Smith Patton III (source)

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