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authorgeorgeok <giorgos.n.oikonomou@gmail.com>2019-07-10 14:34:17 +0300
committerJay Satiro <raysatiro@yahoo.com>2019-07-17 01:08:23 -0400
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CIPHERS.md: Explain Schannel error SEC_E_ALGORITHM_MISMATCH
If the SSL backend is Schannel and the user specifies an Schannel CALG_ that is not supported by the protocol or the server then curl returns CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR (35) SEC_E_ALGORITHM_MISMATCH. Fixes https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/3389 Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/4106
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@@ -461,6 +461,12 @@ specific ciphersuites. They are
[defined](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/desktop/SecCrypto/alg-id) by
Microsoft.
+There is also the case that the selected algorithm is not supported by the
+protocol or does not match the ciphers offered by the server during the SSL
+negotiation. In this case curl will return error
+`CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR (35) SEC_E_ALGORITHM_MISMATCH`
+and the request will fail.
+
`CALG_MD2`,
`CALG_MD4`,
`CALG_MD5`,