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authorNick Zitzmann <nickzman@gmail.com>2013-09-05 18:57:06 -0500
committerNick Zitzmann <nickzman@gmail.com>2013-09-05 18:57:06 -0500
commitd2fe616e7e44a106ac976aaeaa441ad7d8a6df11 (patch)
tree58aa781073e509b882386d827b12c1e882b307d6 /docs
parent316ca865e34bac3f64214c046ded06a1fcecc7c6 (diff)
darwinssl: add support for PKCS#12 files for client authentication
I also documented the fact that the OpenSSL engine also supports them.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/curl.110
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.328
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index a7e2c6044..cee54e017 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "-E, --cert <certificate[:password]>"
(SSL) Tells curl to use the specified client certificate file when getting a
file with HTTPS, FTPS or another SSL-based protocol. The certificate must be
-in PEM format. If the optional password isn't specified, it will be queried
+in PKCS#12 format if using Secure Transport, or PEM format if using any other
+engine. If the optional password isn't specified, it will be queried
for on the terminal. Note that this option assumes a \&"certificate" file that
is the private key and the private certificate concatenated! See \fI--cert\fP
and \fI--key\fP to specify them independently.
@@ -410,9 +411,10 @@ recognized as password delimiter. If the nickname contains "\\", it needs to
be escaped as "\\\\" so that it is not recognized as an escape character.
(iOS and Mac OS X only) If curl is built against Secure Transport, then the
-certificate string must match the name of a certificate that's in the system or
-user keychain. The private key corresponding to the certificate, and
-certificate chain (if any), must also be present in the keychain.
+certificate string can either be the name of a certificate/private key in the
+system or user keychain, or the path to a PKCS#12-encoded certificate and
+private key. If you want to use a file from the current directory, please
+precede it with "./" prefix, in order to avoid confusion with a nickname.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--engine <name>"
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index 0478fac54..f4084823d 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -2305,22 +2305,20 @@ timeout is set, the internal default of 60000 will be used. (Added in 7.24.0)
.SH SSL and SECURITY OPTIONS
.IP CURLOPT_SSLCERT
Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. The string should be
-the file name of your certificate. The default format is "PEM" and can be
-changed with \fICURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE\fP.
-
-With NSS this can also be the nickname of the certificate you wish to
-authenticate with. If you want to use a file from the current directory, please
-precede it with "./" prefix, in order to avoid confusion with a nickname.
-
-(iOS and Mac OS X only) With Secure Transport, this string must match the name
-of a certificate that's in the system or user keychain. You should encode this
-string in UTF-8 format in case it contains non-ASCII characters. The private
-key corresponding to the certificate, and certificate chain (if any), must
-also be present in the keychain. (Added in 7.31.0)
+the file name of your certificate. The default format is "P12" on Secure
+Transport and "PEM" on other engines, and can be changed with
+\fICURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE\fP.
+
+With NSS or Secure Transport, this can also be the nickname of the certificate
+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.
.IP 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". (Added
-in 7.9.3)
+the format of your certificate. Supported formats are "PEM" and "DER", except
+with Secure Transport. OpenSSL (versions 0.9.3 and later) and Secure Transport
+(on iOS 5 or later, or OS X 10.6 or later) also support "P12" for
+PKCS#12-encoded files. (Added in 7.9.3)
.IP 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
@@ -2328,7 +2326,7 @@ changed with \fICURLOPT_SSLKEYTYPE\fP.
(iOS and Mac OS X only) This option is ignored if curl was built against Secure
Transport. Secure Transport expects the private key to be already present in
-the keychain containing the certificate.
+the keychain or PKCS#12 file containing the certificate.
.IP 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".