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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 | 13 |
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 index 159147327..acadd0774 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 @@ -58,9 +58,16 @@ The default value for this option is 2. This option controls checking the server's certificate's claimed identity. The server could be lying. To control lying, see -\fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)\fP. If libcurl is built against NSS and -\fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)\fP is zero, \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3)\fP is -also set to zero and cannot be overridden. +\fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)\fP. +.SH LIMITATIONS +DarwinSSL: If \fIverify\fP value is 0, then SNI is also disabled. SNI is a TLS +extension that sends the hostname to the server. The server may use that +information to do such things as sending back a specific certificate for the +hostname, or forwarding the request to a specific origin server. Some hostnames +may be inaccessible if SNI is not sent. + +NSS: If \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)\fP is zero, +\fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3)\fP is also set to zero and cannot be overridden. .SH DEFAULT 2 .SH PROTOCOLS |