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authorPatrick Monnerat <patrick@monnerat.net>2021-11-30 17:48:28 +0100
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2021-12-06 07:53:04 +0100
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downloadcurl-a40160aee83acae504fd4b30e39c28ff8dbab24c.tar.gz
openldap: implement STARTTLS
As this introduces use of CURLOPT_USE_SSL option for LDAP, also check this option in ldap.c as it is not supported by this backend. Closes #8065
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Long: ssl
Help: Try SSL/TLS
-Protocols: FTP IMAP POP3 SMTP
+Protocols: FTP IMAP POP3 SMTP LDAP
Added: 7.20.0
Category: tls
Example: --ssl pop3://example.com/
@@ -10,5 +10,11 @@ Try to use SSL/TLS for the connection. Reverts to a non-secure connection if
the server does not support SSL/TLS. See also --ftp-ssl-control and --ssl-reqd
for different levels of encryption required.
+This option is handled in LDAP since version 7.81.0. It is fully supported
+by the openldap backend and ignored by the generic ldap backend.
+
+Please note that a server may close the connection if the negotiation does
+not succeed.
+
This option was formerly known as --ftp-ssl (Added in 7.11.0). That option
name can still be used but will be removed in a future version.