3 Easy Steps to SSL Client Authentication

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)