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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/SSLCERTS | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/SSLCERTS b/docs/SSLCERTS index a17b33a6c..f9028c4b1 100644 --- a/docs/SSLCERTS +++ b/docs/SSLCERTS @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Peer SSL Certificate Verification ================================= -Starting in 7.10, libcurl performs peer SSL certificate verification by +Since version 7.10, libcurl performs peer SSL certificate verification by default. This is done by installing a default CA cert bundle on 'make install' (or similar), that CA bundle package is used by default on operations against SSL servers. @@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ by CAs present in the bundle, you will not notice any changed behavior and you will seamlessly get a higher security level on your SSL connections since you can be sure that the remote server really is the one it claims to be. -If the remote server uses a self-signed certificate, or if you don't install -curl's CA cert bundle or if it uses a certificate signed by a CA that isn't -included in the bundle, then you need to do one of the following: +If the remote server uses a self-signed certificate, if you don't install +curl's CA cert bundle, if the server uses a certificate signed by a CA that +isn't included in the bundle or if the remoste host is an imposter +impersonating your favourite site, and you want to transfer files from this +server, do one of the following: 1. Tell libcurl to *not* verify the peer. With libcurl you disable with with curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE); @@ -37,3 +39,8 @@ trouble for some users, since it adds security to a majority of the SSL connections that previously weren't really secure. It turned out many people were using previous versions of curl/libcurl without realizing the need for the CA cert options to get truly secure SSL connections. + +The default path of the CA bundle installed with the curl package is: +/usr/local/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt, which can be changed by running +configure with the --with-ca-bundle option pointing out the path of your +choice. |