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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2017-03-08 09:15:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2017-03-08 09:17:32 +0100 |
| commit | 324bf2fd369232a134de44837d121ece087c2f60 (patch) | |
| tree | 89196ce894909c3d47ec7f60cc912f501a65c0e8 | |
| parent | 348f8a3da9b5ee0701e10c811d5594cb1c98bad7 (diff) | |
insecure.d: clarify that this is for server connections
Assisted-by: Ray Satiro
Bug: https://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2017-03/0002.html
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/cmdline-opts/insecure.d | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/insecure.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/insecure.d index 1dd0fa8c0..49b0a4322 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/insecure.d +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/insecure.d @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ Long: insecure Short: k -Help: Allow insecure connections when using SSL +Help: Allow insecure server connections when using SSL Protocols: TLS +See-also: proxy-insecure cacert --- -This option explicitly allows curl to perform "insecure" SSL connections and -transfers. All SSL connections are attempted to be made secure by using the CA -certificate bundle installed by default. This makes all connections considered -\&"insecure" fail unless --insecure is used. + +By default, every SSL connection curl makes is verified to be secure. This +option allows curl to proceed and operate even for server connections +otherwise considered insecure. + +The server connection is verified by making sure the server's certificate +contains the right name and verifies successfully using the cert store. See this online resource for further details: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html |