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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2019-05-12 16:35:33 +0200
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2019-05-14 08:19:58 +0200
commit6123d718aa9eead72144bde876d779b9d36bb6ad (patch)
tree3885756f5f554292a225054572a114039ae6a19f /docs/libcurl
parentb4bb920405a6eb045f9e1fc3b5e05715bca2b0b4 (diff)
CURLOPT_CAINFO.3: with Schannel, you want Windows 8 or later [ci skip]
Clues-provided-by: Jay Satiro Clues-provided-by: Jeroen Ooms Fixes #3711 Closes #3874
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CAINFO.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CAINFO.3
index 84fb30120..5f1068240 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CAINFO.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CAINFO.3
@@ -46,16 +46,17 @@ libnssckbi.so, which contains a more comprehensive set of trust information
than supported by nss-pem, because libnssckbi.so also includes information
about distrusted certificates.
-(iOS and macOS only) If curl is built against Secure Transport, then this
+(iOS and macOS) If curl is built against Secure Transport, then this
option is supported for backward compatibility with other SSL engines, but it
should not be set. If the option is not set, then curl will use the
certificates in the system and user Keychain to verify the peer, which is the
preferred method of verifying the peer's certificate chain.
-(Schannel only) This option is supported for Schannel in Windows 7 or later
-with libcurl 7.60 or later. This option is supported for backward
-compatibility with other SSL engines; instead it is recommended to use
-Windows' store of root certificates (the default for Schannel).
+(Schannel) This option is supported for Schannel in Windows 7 or later but we
+recommend not using it until Windows 8 since it works better starting then.
+Added in libcurl 7.60. This option is supported for backward compatibility
+with other SSL engines; instead it is recommended to use Windows' store of
+root certificates (the default for Schannel).
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.