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| author | Jay Satiro <raysatiro@yahoo.com> | 2015-06-20 18:45:25 -0400 |
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| committer | Jay Satiro <raysatiro@yahoo.com> | 2015-06-20 18:45:25 -0400 |
| commit | 6842afbf4498198766bf4ff6300a5f267fcbd361 (patch) | |
| tree | f653edb67a38ace304f8ed81ef0962a13affe3df /docs/INSTALL | |
| parent | ea1eec8ea88ade9137cdb6db422d00b273daef03 (diff) | |
INSTALL: Advise use of non-native SSL for Windows <= XP
Advise that WinSSL in versions <= XP will not be able to connect to
servers that no longer support the legacy handshakes and algorithms used
by those versions, and to use an alternate backend like OpenSSL instead.
Bug: https://github.com/bagder/curl/issues/253
Reported-by: zenden2k <zenden2k@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/INSTALL | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL b/docs/INSTALL index 457031884..e7a929bf6 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL +++ b/docs/INSTALL @@ -471,6 +471,15 @@ Win32 add '-DCURL_STATICLIB' to your CFLAGS. Otherwise the linker will look for dynamic import symbols. + Legacy Windows and SSL + ---------------------- + WinSSL (Windows SSPI, more specifically Schannel), is the native SSL library + that comes with the Windows OS. WinSSL in Windows <= XP is not able to + connect to servers that no longer support the legacy handshakes and + algorithms used by those versions. If you will be using curl in one of those + earlier versions of Windows you should choose another SSL backend like + OpenSSL. + Apple iOS and Mac OS X ====================== |