From 7f70dbcad58eb7183d129860192d6968dd7063a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:32:37 +0000 Subject: Rob Crittenden added support for NSS (Network Security Service) for the SSL/TLS layer. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/ --- docs/curl.1 | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/curl.1') diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index cd69f08ff..881cd77a2 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ difference. must be using valid ciphers. Read up on SSL cipher list details on this URL: \fIhttp://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/ciphers.html\fP +NSS ciphers are done differently than OpenSSL and GnuTLS. The full list of +NSS ciphers is in the NSSCipherSuite entry at this URL: +\fIhttp://directory.fedora.redhat.com/docs/mod_nss.html#Directives\fP + If this option is used several times, the last one will override the others. .IP "--compressed" (HTTP) Request a compressed response using one of the algorithms libcurl @@ -323,6 +327,10 @@ this option assumes a \&"certificate" file that is the private key and the private certificate concatenated! See \fI--cert\fP and \fI--key\fP to specify them independently. +If curl is built against the NSS SSL library then this option tells +curl the nickname of the certificate to use within the NSS database defined +by --cacert. + If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--cert-type " (SSL) Tells curl what certificate type the provided certificate is in. PEM, @@ -342,6 +350,9 @@ The windows version of curl will automatically look for a CA certs file named \'curl-ca-bundle.crt\', either in the same directory as curl.exe, or in the Current Working Directory, or in any folder along your PATH. +If curl is built against the NSS SSL library then this option tells +curl the directory that the NSS certificate database resides in. + If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--capath " (SSL) Tells curl to use the specified certificate directory to verify the -- cgit v1.2.3