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clarified SSL_VERIFYPEER and SSL_VERIFYHOST a bit, thanks to Soren Spies

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Daniel Stenberg 2002-12-02 06:47:16 +00:00
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docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
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@ -712,10 +712,13 @@ Pass a long as parameter. Set what version of SSL to attempt to use, 2 or
servers make this difficult why you at times may have to use this option.
.TP
.B CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER
Pass a long that is set to a non-zero value to make curl verify the peer's
certificate. The certificate to verify against must be specified with the
CURLOPT_CAINFO option (Added in 7.4.2) or a certificate directory must be specified
with the CURLOPT_CAPATH option (Added in 7.9.8).
Pass a long that is set to a zero value to stop curl from verifying the peer's
certificate (7.10 starting setting this option to TRUE by default). Alternate
certificates to verify against can be specified with the CURLOPT_CAINFO option
(Added in 7.4.2) or a certificate directory can be specified with the
CURLOPT_CAPATH option (Added in 7.9.8). As of 7.10, curl installs a default
bundle. CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST may also need to be set to 1 or 0 if
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER is disabled (it defaults to 2).
.TP
.B CURLOPT_CAINFO
Pass a char * to a zero terminated string naming a file holding one or more
@ -742,7 +745,8 @@ socket. It will be used to seed the random engine for SSL.
.B CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST
Pass a long. Set if we should verify the Common name from the peer certificate
in the SSL handshake, set 1 to check existence, 2 to ensure that it matches
the provided hostname. (Added in 7.8.1)
the provided hostname. This is by default set to 2. (Added in 7.8.1, default
changed in 7.10)
.TP
.B CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST
Pass a char *, pointing to a zero terminated string holding the list of