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+After running `make examples`, if SSL is enabled, you can quickly test HTTPS, with optional client-based certificate authentication using the following process within the build directory:
+
+```
+# do all the stupid ssl generation
+./examples/https/bin/generate.sh
+
+# Test without client auth
+
+# Run the server
+./examples/example_https              \
+  -cert examples/https/server-crt.pem \
+  -key  examples/https/server-key.pem
+
+# Make a request
+curl -vk https://localhost:4443/
+
+# Test WITH client auth
+
+./examples/example_https              \
+  -cert examples/https/server-crt.pem \
+  -key  examples/https/server-key.pem \
+  -ca   examples/https/ca-crt.pem     \
+  -verify-peer                        \
+  -verify-depth 2                     \
+  -enforce-peer-cert
+
+# Make a request with the client key
+curl -kv \
+  --key  examples/https/client1-key.pem \
+  --cert examples/https/client1-crt.pem \
+  https://localhost:4443/
+```