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authorJay Satiro <raysatiro@yahoo.com>2019-07-16 12:27:35 -0400
committerJay Satiro <raysatiro@yahoo.com>2019-07-17 00:48:41 -0400
commitc7f3c073f4821ed70281c4867b796cb3522dc6e0 (patch)
tree82a3cde34296fb0e607f0086ddb3b48cc6cf8d52
parente8442e4ffcecf3e290c7e26c44e4aa313e016f9a (diff)
downloadcurl-c7f3c073f4821ed70281c4867b796cb3522dc6e0.tar.gz
docs: Explain behavior change in --tlsv1. options since 7.54
Since 7.54 --tlsv1. options use the specified version or later, however older versions of curl documented it as using just the specified version which may or may not have happened depending on the TLS library. Document this discrepancy to allay confusion for users familiar with the old documentation that expect just the specified version. Fixes https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/4097 Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/4119
-rw-r--r--docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.0.d4
-rw-r--r--docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.1.d4
-rw-r--r--docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.2.d4
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION.35
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLVERSION.35
5 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.0.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.0.d
index 312b67b3f..2b1f0156a 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.0.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.0.d
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ Protocols: TLS
Added: 7.34.0
---
Forces curl to use TLS version 1.0 or later when connecting to a remote TLS server.
+
+In old versions of curl this option was documented to allow _only_ TLS 1.0,
+but behavior was inconsistent depending on the TLS library. Use --tls-max if
+you want to set a maximum TLS version.
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.1.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.1.d
index 8182ac6d5..405d552bb 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.1.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.1.d
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ Protocols: TLS
Added: 7.34.0
---
Forces curl to use TLS version 1.1 or later when connecting to a remote TLS server.
+
+In old versions of curl this option was documented to allow _only_ TLS 1.1,
+but behavior was inconsistent depending on the TLS library. Use --tls-max if
+you want to set a maximum TLS version.
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.2.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.2.d
index 7ba440225..bdf1fcf62 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.2.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.2.d
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ Protocols: TLS
Added: 7.34.0
---
Forces curl to use TLS version 1.2 or later when connecting to a remote TLS server.
+
+In old versions of curl this option was documented to allow _only_ TLS 1.2,
+but behavior was inconsistent depending on the TLS library. Use --tls-max if
+you want to set a maximum TLS version.
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION.3
index 9dc69959c..204a7a997 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION.3
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.2.
The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.3.
(Added in 7.54.0)
.RE
+
+In versions of curl prior to 7.54 the CURL_SSLVERSION_TLS options were
+documented to allow \fIonly\fP the specified TLS version, but behavior was
+inconsistent depending on the TLS library.
+
.SH DEFAULT
CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT
.SH PROTOCOLS
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLVERSION.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLVERSION.3
index 42ef20abc..354b004e6 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLVERSION.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSLVERSION.3
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLS v1.2.
The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLS v1.3.
(Added in 7.54.0)
.RE
+
+In versions of curl prior to 7.54 the CURL_SSLVERSION_TLS options were
+documented to allow \fIonly\fP the specified TLS version, but behavior was
+inconsistent depending on the TLS library.
+
.SH DEFAULT
CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT
.SH PROTOCOLS