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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 index e11b372d..8c016e59 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2019, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ .\" * .\" ************************************************************************** .\" -.TH CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST 3 "February 02, 2017" "libcurl 7.65.3" "curl_easy_setopt options" +.TH CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST 3 "August 20, 2019" "libcurl 7.66.0" "curl_easy_setopt options" .SH NAME CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST \- verify the certificate's name against host @@ -46,11 +46,15 @@ Curl considers the server the intended one when the Common Name field or a Subject Alternate Name field in the certificate matches the host name in the URL to which you told Curl to connect. -When the \fIverify\fP value is 1, \fIcurl_easy_setopt\fP will return an error -and the option value will not be changed. It was previously (in 7.28.0 and -earlier) a debug option of some sorts, but it is no longer supported due to -frequently leading to programmer mistakes. Future versions will stop returning -an error for 1 and just treat 1 and 2 the same. +If \fIverify\fP value is set to 1: + +In 7.28.0 and earlier: treated as a debug option of some sorts, not supported +anymore due to frequently leading to programmer mistakes. + +From 7.28.1 to 7.65.3: setting it to 1 made curl_easy_setopt() return an error +and leaving the flag untouched. + +From 7.66.0: treats 1 and 2 the same. When the \fIverify\fP value is 0, the connection succeeds regardless of the names in the certificate. Use that ability with caution! |