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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2019-08-20 09:13:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2019-08-20 14:57:59 +0200 |
| commit | 6a90c9e0c49dc8179f6ff60bdfe1bd59aa55ef7b (patch) | |
| tree | 1ff0933d74b777497c7f37617e92497032cfa6b0 /docs | |
| parent | 862393243d16870347e56195e93dc47274e32601 (diff) | |
| download | curl-6a90c9e0c49dc8179f6ff60bdfe1bd59aa55ef7b.tar.gz | |
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST: treat the value 1 as 2
For a long time (since 7.28.1) we've returned error when setting the
value to 1 to make applications notice that we stopped supported the old
behavior for 1. Starting now, we treat 1 and 2 exactly the same.
Closes #4241
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 | 16 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 index 85b0c6d96..8bae149b9 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2019, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -42,8 +42,15 @@ Curl considers the proxy the intended one when the Common Name field or a Subject Alternate Name field in the certificate matches the host name in the proxy string which you told curl to use. -When the \fIverify\fP value is 1L, \fIcurl_easy_setopt\fP will return an error -and the option value will not be changed due to old legacy reasons. +If \fIverify\fP value is set to 1: + +In 7.28.0 and earlier: treated as a debug option of some sorts, not supported +anymore due to frequently leading to programmer mistakes. + +From 7.28.1 to 7.65.3: setting it to 1 made curl_easy_setopt() return an error +and leaving the flag untouched. + +From 7.66.0: treats 1 and 2 the same. When the \fIverify\fP value is 0L, the connection succeeds regardless of the names used in the certificate. Use that ability with caution! diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 index acadd0774..0c85a0c5a 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2019, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -45,11 +45,15 @@ Curl considers the server the intended one when the Common Name field or a Subject Alternate Name field in the certificate matches the host name in the URL to which you told Curl to connect. -When the \fIverify\fP value is 1, \fIcurl_easy_setopt\fP will return an error -and the option value will not be changed. It was previously (in 7.28.0 and -earlier) a debug option of some sorts, but it is no longer supported due to -frequently leading to programmer mistakes. Future versions will stop returning -an error for 1 and just treat 1 and 2 the same. +If \fIverify\fP value is set to 1: + +In 7.28.0 and earlier: treated as a debug option of some sorts, not supported +anymore due to frequently leading to programmer mistakes. + +From 7.28.1 to 7.65.3: setting it to 1 made curl_easy_setopt() return an error +and leaving the flag untouched. + +From 7.66.0: treats 1 and 2 the same. When the \fIverify\fP value is 0, the connection succeeds regardless of the names in the certificate. Use that ability with caution! |