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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index 3b0dc6c9d..a388c2220 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -2323,8 +2323,9 @@ Curl considers the server the intended one when the Common Name field or a Subject Alternate Name field in the certificate matches the host name in the URL to which you told Curl to connect. -When the value is 1, the certificate must contain a Common Name field, but it -doesn't matter what name it says. (This is not ordinarily a useful setting). +When the value is 1, libcurl will return a failure. It was previously (in +7.28.0 and earlier) a debug option of some sorts, but it is no longer +supported due to frequently leading to programmer mistakes. When the value is 0, the connection succeeds regardless of the names in the certificate. |