This is a little **how to authenticate users with X509 certificates and apache 2 webserver**
Well, it's very simple. First, take a look in [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_ssl.html#sslrequire|Apache 2]].
Here one of possible config. This one use a flat file (a htpasswd one) with Users's DN as username. The password
**MUST BE** password, encoded in des or md5 (depend of your apache config)
SSLVerifyClient require
SSLVerifyDepth 5
SSLCACertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/cacert.pem
SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth
SSLRequireSSL
AuthName "Rack access"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/access/brack.conf
require valid-user
//brack.conf//
/CN=Bruno Bonfils/O=Fimasys/C=FR:xxj31ZMTZzkVA\
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