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doc: remove statement about client private keys
This statement was objectively false. Clients usually only need to generate and/or own a private key if the server sends a CertificateRequest during the TLS handshake, which is not a common case. PR-URL: #41505 Reviewed-By: Filip Skokan <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <[email protected]>
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## TLS/SSL concepts
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The TLS/SSL is a public/private key infrastructure (PKI). For most common
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cases, each client and server must have a _private key_.
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cases, each server must have a _private key_.
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Private keys can be generated in multiple ways. The example below illustrates
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use of the OpenSSL command-line interface to generate a 2048-bit RSA private

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