summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJay Satiro <raysatiro@yahoo.com>2021-03-17 01:38:10 -0400
committerJay Satiro <raysatiro@yahoo.com>2021-03-17 18:15:10 -0400
commit2d04286793281328d02985aeaab75b5798f58f95 (patch)
tree542dc30bffb2e7fa360d29636de8bd6ac4298397
parent8a4ef73c8fc035becb4c1d99ca8b1892d100532a (diff)
downloadcurl-2d04286793281328d02985aeaab75b5798f58f95.tar.gz
docs: Add SSL backend names to CURL_SSL_BACKEND
- Document the names that can be used with CURL_SSL_BACKEND: bearssl, gnutls, gskit, mbedtls, mesalink, nss, openssl, rustls, schannel, secure-transport, wolfssl Ref: https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/2209#issuecomment-360623286 Ref: https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/6717#issuecomment-800745201 Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/6755
-rw-r--r--docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer5
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/libcurl-env.37
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer b/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer
index d1f32a66f..4ae7cad65 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ match.
If curl was built with support for "MultiSSL", meaning that it has built-in
support for more than one TLS backend, this environment variable can be set to
the case insensitive name of the particular backend to use when curl is
-invoked. Setting a name that isn't a built-in alternative, will make curl
+invoked. Setting a name that isn't a built-in alternative will make curl
stay with the default.
+
+SSL backend names (case-insensitive): bearssl, gnutls, gskit, mbedtls,
+mesalink, nss, openssl, rustls, schannel, secure-transport, wolfssl
.IP "QLOGDIR <directory name>"
If curl was built with HTTP/3 support, setting this environment variable to a
local directory will make curl produce qlogs in that directory, using file
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libcurl-env.3 b/docs/libcurl/libcurl-env.3
index 97ffde96d..d9f3cf1b5 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/libcurl-env.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/libcurl-env.3
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ set.
.IP CURL_SSL_BACKEND
When libcurl is built to support multiple SSL backends, it will select a
specific backend at first use. If no selection is done by the program using
-libcurl, this variable's selection will be used. It should be set to the full
-SSL backend name to use (case insensitive).
+libcurl, this variable's selection will be used. Setting a name that isn't a
+built-in alternative will make libcurl stay with the default.
+
+SSL backend names (case-insensitive): bearssl, gnutls, gskit, mbedtls,
+mesalink, nss, openssl, rustls, schannel, secure-transport, wolfssl
.IP HOME
When the netrc feature is used (\fICURLOPT_NETRC(3)\fP), this variable is
checked as the primary way to find the "current" home directory in which