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diff --git a/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt b/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt index 600f73746..ed19e56c0 100644 --- a/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt +++ b/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Building with Visual C++, prerequises
-=====================================
+Building with Visual C++, prerequisites
+=======================================
This document describes how to compile, build and install curl and libcurl
from sources using the Visual C++ build tool. To build with VC++, you will
@@ -87,3 +87,12 @@ therefore rarely tested. When passing RTLIBCFG for a configuration that was already built but not with that option, or if the option was specified
differently, you must destroy the build directory containing the configuration
so that nmake can build it from scratch.
+
+Legacy Windows and SSL
+======================
+When you build curl using the build files in this directory the default SSL
+backend will be 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.
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