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+.TH CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER 3 "16 Nov 2016" "libcurl 7.51.1" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+.SH NAME
+CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER \- verify the proxy peer's SSL certificate
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER, long verify);
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+TODO: Make this text specific to HTTPS proxy. (Added in 7.XXX)
+Pass a long as parameter to enable or disable.
+
+This option determines whether curl verifies the authenticity of the peer's
+certificate. A value of 1 means curl verifies; 0 (zero) means it doesn't.
+
+When negotiating a TLS or SSL connection, the server sends a certificate
+indicating its identity. Curl verifies whether the certificate is authentic,
+i.e. that you can trust that the server is who the certificate says it is.
+This trust is based on a chain of digital signatures, rooted in certification
+authority (CA) certificates you supply. curl uses a default bundle of CA
+certificates (the path for that is determined at build time) and you can
+specify alternate certificates with the \fICURLOPT_CAINFO(3)\fP option or the
+\fICURLOPT_CAPATH(3)\fP option.
+
+When \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)\fP is enabled, and the verification fails to
+prove that the certificate is authentic, the connection fails. When the
+option is zero, the peer certificate verification succeeds regardless.
+
+Authenticating the certificate is not enough to be sure about the server. You
+typically also want to ensure that the server is the server you mean to be
+talking to. Use \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3)\fP for that. The check that the
+host name in the certificate is valid for the host name you're connecting to
+is done independently of the \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)\fP option.
+
+WARNING: disabling verification of the certificate allows bad guys to
+man-in-the-middle the communication without you knowing it. Disabling
+verification makes the communication insecure. Just having encryption on a
+transfer is not enough as you cannot be sure that you are communicating with
+the correct end-point.
+.SH DEFAULT
+By default, curl assumes a value of 1.
+.SH PROTOCOLS
+All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.nf
+CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+if(curl) {
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
+
+ /* Set the default value: strict certificate check please */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1L);
+
+ curl_easy_perform(curl);
+}
+.fi
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+If built TLS enabled.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST "(3), "