From ee04c20b743377b988ded7784d90368b9797dd8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 14:17:17 +0200 Subject: CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL.3: only works with a HTTP proxy! --- docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL.3 | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL.3 index 3cbf50e2d..f861afbde 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, , et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, , et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Tunneling essentially means that a CONNECT is sent to the proxy, asking it to connect to a remote host on a specific port number and then the traffic is just passed through the proxy. Proxies tend to whitelist specific port numbers it allows CONNECT requests to and often only port 80 and 443 are allowed. + +When using this, it only makes sense to use \fICURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(3)\fP set to +a HTTP proxy. .SH DEFAULT 0 .SH PROTOCOLS @@ -48,4 +51,4 @@ Always .SH RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK .SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR CURLOPT_PROXY "(3), " +.BR CURLOPT_PROXY "(3), " CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE "(3), " CURLOPT_PROXYPORT "(3), " -- cgit v1.2.3