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authorArchangel_SDY <Archangel.SDY@gmail.com>2018-03-10 23:40:00 +0800
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2018-04-17 00:23:01 +0200
commite35b0256eb34f1fe562e3e2a2615beb50a391c52 (patch)
treedb189cc08d2f3056ac87d24599031072c0be5cff /docs/libcurl/opts
parentbc4b8c9717c8972acf1f8d6383b127b5c8ef3e72 (diff)
schannel: add client certificate authentication
Users can now specify a client certificate in system certificates store explicitly using expression like `--cert "CurrentUser\MY\<thumbprint>"` Closes #2376
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLCERT.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLCERT.3
index 6e190dce1..3f40b73b9 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLCERT.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLCERT.3
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ you wish to authenticate with as it is named in the security database. If you
want to use a file from the current directory, please precede it with "./"
prefix, in order to avoid confusion with a nickname.
+With WinSSL, this can be expression like "CurrentUser\\MY\\<thumbprint>" to
+refer to a certificate in the system certificates store.
+
When using a client certificate, you most likely also need to provide a
private key with \fICURLOPT_SSLKEY(3)\fP.