From e99eaa3a19eb67005e211f5cf54add2361ab9fe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maximilian Hils <git@maximilianhils.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:04:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add documentation on how to use custom certificates

---
 doc-src/ssl.html | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc-src/ssl.html b/doc-src/ssl.html
index 68e9a57c3..03067c30e 100644
--- a/doc-src/ssl.html
+++ b/doc-src/ssl.html
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ testing system or browser to trust the __mitmproxy__ CA as a signing root
 authority.
 
 
+Using a custom certificate
+--------------------------
+
+You can use your own certificate by passing the __--cert__ option to mitmproxy.
+
+<pre class="terminal">
+> openssl genrsa -out cert.key 8192
+> openssl req -new -x509 -key cert.key -out cert.crt
+    (Specify the mitm domain as Common Name, e.g. *.google.com)
+> cat cert.key cert.crt > cert.pem
+> mitmproxy --cert=cert.pem
+</pre>
+
+
 Installing the mitmproxy CA
 ---------------------------