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diff --git a/projects/README b/projects/README index b45d78397..27095380a 100644 --- a/projects/README +++ b/projects/README @@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ Notes stored in the git repositoty) will need to be modified rather than the generated project files that Visual Studio uses. +Legacy Windows and SSL +====================== +Some of the project configurations use as an SSL backend WinSSL (Windows SSPI, +more specifically Schannel), the native SSL library that comes with the Windows +OS. WinSSL in Windows <= XP is not able to connect to servers that no longer +support the legacy handshakes and algorithms used by those versions. If you +will be using curl in one of those earlier versions of Windows you should +choose another SSL backend like OpenSSL. + TODO ==== |