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@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ difference.
must be using valid ciphers. Read up on SSL cipher list details on this URL:
\fIhttp://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/ciphers.html\fP
+NSS ciphers are done differently than OpenSSL and GnuTLS. The full list of
+NSS ciphers is in the NSSCipherSuite entry at this URL:
+\fIhttp://directory.fedora.redhat.com/docs/mod_nss.html#Directives\fP
+
If this option is used several times, the last one will override the others.
.IP "--compressed"
(HTTP) Request a compressed response using one of the algorithms libcurl
@@ -323,6 +327,10 @@ 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.
+If curl is built against the NSS SSL library then this option tells
+curl the nickname of the certificate to use within the NSS database defined
+by --cacert.
+
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--cert-type <type>"
(SSL) Tells curl what certificate type the provided certificate is in. PEM,
@@ -342,6 +350,9 @@ The windows version of curl will automatically look for a CA certs file named
\'curl-ca-bundle.crt\', either in the same directory as curl.exe, or in the
Current Working Directory, or in any folder along your PATH.
+If curl is built against the NSS SSL library then this option tells
+curl the directory that the NSS certificate database resides in.
+
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--capath <CA certificate directory>"
(SSL) Tells curl to use the specified certificate directory to verify the