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mention the fact that you can append a new CA cert to the existing bundle too

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Daniel Stenberg 2004-03-30 06:46:36 +00:00
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@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ server, do one of the following:
With the curl command tool: --cacert [file] With the curl command tool: --cacert [file]
3. Add the CA cert for your server to the existing default CA cert bundle.
The default path of the CA bundle installed with the curl package is:
/usr/local/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt, which can be changed by running
configure with the --with-ca-bundle option pointing out the path of your
choice.
Neglecting to use one of the above menthods when dealing with a server using a Neglecting to use one of the above menthods when dealing with a server using a
certficate that isn't signed by one of the certficates in the installed CA certficate that isn't signed by one of the certficates in the installed CA
cert bundle, will cause SSL to report an error ("certificate verify failed") cert bundle, will cause SSL to report an error ("certificate verify failed")
@ -40,7 +46,3 @@ connections that previously weren't really secure. It turned out many people
were using previous versions of curl/libcurl without realizing the need for were using previous versions of curl/libcurl without realizing the need for
the CA cert options to get truly secure SSL connections. the CA cert options to get truly secure SSL connections.
The default path of the CA bundle installed with the curl package is:
/usr/local/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt, which can be changed by running
configure with the --with-ca-bundle option pointing out the path of your
choice.