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 <pre>
 $ mkdir -p ~/.weechat/ssl
 $ cd ~/.weechat/ssl
-$ openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout relay.pem -x509 -days 365 -out relay.pem -subj "/CN={{settings.host || 'your weechat host'}}/"
+$ openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout relay.pem -x509 -days 365 -out relay.pem -sha256 -subj "/CN={{settings.host || 'your weechat host'}}/"
 </pre>
               <p>If WeeChat is already running, you can reload the certificate and private key and set up an encrypted relay on port {{ settings.port || 9001 }} with these WeeChat commands:</p>
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