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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2019-05-12 16:35:33 +0200
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2019-05-12 16:35:33 +0200
commit00170b300ff7676ae46beab773187b8e2e59ff2a (patch)
tree91a98ae421129f080b4f745120ade878dc90eec2
parent4d8461ae8aef6140d7b3222dda6c3e078ad076be (diff)
downloadcurl-bagder/cainfo-schannel-docs.tar.gz
CURLOPT_CAINFO.3: with Schannel, you want Windows 8 or later [ci skip]bagder/cainfo-schannel-docs
Clues-provided-by: Jay Satiro Clues-provided-by: Jeroen Ooms Fixes #3711
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CAINFO.311
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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.