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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy.d index 377a51aab..6506692be 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy.d +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy.d @@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ Help: Use this proxy --- Use the specified proxy. -The proxy string can be specified with a protocol:// prefix to specify -alternative proxy protocols. Use socks4://, socks4a://, socks5:// or -socks5h:// to request the specific SOCKS version to be used. No protocol -specified, http:// and all others will be treated as HTTP proxies. (The -protocol support was added in curl 7.21.7) +The proxy string can be specified with a protocol:// prefix. No protocol +specified or http:// will be treated as HTTP proxy. Use socks4://, socks4a://, +socks5:// or socks5h:// to request a specific SOCKS version to be used. +(The protocol support was added in curl 7.21.7) + +HTTPS proxy support via https:// protocol prefix was added in 7.52.0 for +OpenSSL, GnuTLS and NSS. + +Unrecognized and unsupported proxy protocols cause an error since 7.52.0. +Prior versions may ignore the protocol and use http:// instead. If the port number is not specified in the proxy string, it is assumed to be 1080. |