Götz Babin-Ebell provided some documantation for the ENGINE stuff

1 files changed, 42 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
index d22255a5c..38f1f2eb1 100644
--- a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -319,13 +319,54 @@ with \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP.
 .TP
 .B CURLOPT_SSLCERT
 Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. The string should be
-the file name of your certificate in PEM format.
+the file name of your certificate. The default format is "PEM" and can be
+changed with \fICURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE\fP.
+.TP
+.B CURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE
+Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. The string should be
+the format of your certificate. Supported formats are "PEM" and "DER".
 .TP
 .B CURLOPT_SSLCERTPASSWD
 Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used as
 the password required to use the CURLOPT_SSLCERT certificate. If the password
 is not supplied, you will be prompted for it. \fICURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION\fP can
 be used to set your own prompt function.
+
+\fBNOTE:\fPThis option is replaced by \fICURLOPT_SSLKEYPASSWD\fP and only
+cept for backward compatibility. You never needed a pass phrase to load
+a certificate but you need one to load your private key.
+.TP
+.B CURLOPT_SSLKEY
+Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. The string should be
+the file name of your private key. The default format is "PEM" and can be
+changed with \fICURLOPT_SSLKEYTYPE\fP.
+.TP
+.B CURLOPT_SSLKEYTYPE
+Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. The string should be
+the format of your private key. Supported formats are "PEM", "DER" and "ENG".
+
+\fBNOTE:\fPThe format "ENG" enables you to load the private key from a crypto
+engine. in this case \fICURLOPT_SSLKEY\fP is used as an identifier passed to
+the engine. You have to set the crypto engine with \fICURLOPT_SSL_ENGINE\fP.
+.TP
+.B CURLOPT_SSLKEYASSWD
+Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used as
+the password required to use the \fICURLOPT_SSLKEY\fP private key. If the password
+is not supplied, you will be prompted for it. \fICURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION\fP can
+be used to set your own prompt function.
+.TP
+.B CURLOPT_SSL_ENGINE
+Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used as
+the identifier for the crypto engine you want to use for your private key.
+
+\fBNOTE:\fPIf the crypto device cannot be loaded, \fICURLE_SSL_ENGINE_NOTFOUND\fP
+is returned.
+.TP
+.B CURLOPT_SSL_ENGINEDEFAULT
+Sets the actual crypto engine as the default for (asymetric) crypto operations.
+
+\fBNOTE:\fPIf the crypto device cannot be set, \fICURLE_SSL_ENGINE_SETFAILED\fP
+is returned.
 .TP
 .B CURLOPT_CRLF
 Convert Unix newlines to CRLF newlines on FTP uploads.