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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER.3 index 0eb902bb1..9473495cf 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER.3 @@ -22,36 +22,39 @@ .\" .TH CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER 3 "16 Nov 2016" "libcurl 7.52.0" "curl_easy_setopt options" .SH NAME -CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER \- verify the proxy peer's SSL certificate +CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER \- verify the proxy'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. +Pass a long as parameter set to 1L to enable or 0L to disable. -This option determines whether curl verifies the authenticity of the peer's +This option tells curl to verifies the authenticity of the HTTPS proxy's certificate. A value of 1 means curl verifies; 0 (zero) means it doesn't. +This is the proxy version of \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)\fP that's used for +ordinary HTTPS servers. + When negotiating a TLS or SSL connection, the server sends a certificate -indicating its identity. Curl verifies whether the certificate is authentic, +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. +specify alternate certificates with the \fICURLOPT_PROXY_CAINFO(3)\fP option +or the \fICURLOPT_PROXY_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. +When \fICURLOPT_PROXY_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. +talking to. Use \fICURLOPT_PROXY_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_PROXY_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 @@ -59,9 +62,9 @@ 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. +1 .SH PROTOCOLS -All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc. +All .SH EXAMPLE .nf CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); @@ -75,8 +78,12 @@ if(curl) { } .fi .SH AVAILABILITY +Added in 7.52.0 + 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_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST "(3), " +.BR CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER "(3), " .BR CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST "(3), " |