From 6123d718aa9eead72144bde876d779b9d36bb6ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 16:35:33 +0200 Subject: CURLOPT_CAINFO.3: with Schannel, you want Windows 8 or later [ci skip] Clues-provided-by: Jay Satiro Clues-provided-by: Jeroen Ooms Fixes #3711 Closes #3874 --- docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CAINFO.3 | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CAINFO.3') diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CAINFO.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CAINFO.3 index 84fb30120..5f1068240 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CAINFO.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CAINFO.3 @@ -46,16 +46,17 @@ libnssckbi.so, which contains a more comprehensive set of trust information than supported by nss-pem, because libnssckbi.so also includes information about distrusted certificates. -(iOS and macOS only) If curl is built against Secure Transport, then this +(iOS and macOS) If curl is built against Secure Transport, then this option is supported for backward compatibility with other SSL engines, but it should not be set. If the option is not set, then curl will use the certificates in the system and user Keychain to verify the peer, which is the preferred method of verifying the peer's certificate chain. -(Schannel only) This option is supported for Schannel in Windows 7 or later -with libcurl 7.60 or later. This option is supported for backward -compatibility with other SSL engines; instead it is recommended to use -Windows' store of root certificates (the default for Schannel). +(Schannel) This option is supported for Schannel in Windows 7 or later but we +recommend not using it until Windows 8 since it works better starting then. +Added in libcurl 7.60. This option is supported for backward compatibility +with other SSL engines; instead it is recommended to use Windows' store of +root certificates (the default for Schannel). The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option. -- cgit v1.2.3