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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS.3 index 09bcb96cf..0afd2fb6a 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS.3 @@ -30,13 +30,25 @@ CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS, long bitmask); .SH DESCRIPTION Pass a long with a bitmask to tell libcurl about specific SSL behaviors. -\fICURLSSLOPT_ALLOW_BEAST\fP is the only supported bit and by setting this the -user will tell libcurl to not attempt to use any workarounds for a security -flaw in the SSL3 and TLS1.0 protocols. If this option isn't used or this bit -is set to 0, the SSL layer libcurl uses may use a work-around for this flaw -although it might cause interoperability problems with some (older) SSL -implementations. WARNING: avoiding this work-around lessens the security, and -by setting this option to 1 you ask for exactly that. +\fICURLSSLOPT_ALLOW_BEAST\fP tells libcurl to not attempt to use any +workarounds for a security flaw in the SSL3 and TLS1.0 protocols. If this +option isn't used or this bit is set to 0, the SSL layer libcurl uses may use a +work-around for this flaw although it might cause interoperability problems +with some (older) SSL implementations. WARNING: avoiding this work-around +lessens the security, and by setting this option to 1 you ask for exactly that. +This option is only supported for DarwinSSL, NSS and OpenSSL. + +Added in 7.44.0: + +\fICURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE\fP tells libcurl to disable certificate revocation +checks for those SSL backends where such behavior is present. \fBCurrently this +option is only supported for WinSSL (the native Windows SSL library), with an +exception in the case of Windows' Untrusted Publishers blacklist which it seems +can't be bypassed.\fP This option may have broader support to accommodate other +SSL backends in the future. +http://curl.haxx.se/docs/ssl-compared.html + + .SH DEFAULT 0 .SH PROTOCOLS |