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CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3) 			     curl_easy_setopt options				   CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)

NAME
CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER - verify the proxy's SSL certificate SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER, long verify); DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter set to 1L to enable or 0L to disable. This option tells curl to verifies the authenticity of the HTTPS proxy's certificate. A value of 1 means curl verifies; 0 (zero) means it doesn't. This is the proxy version of CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3) that's used for ordinary HTTPS servers. When negotiating a TLS or SSL connection, the server sends a certificate indicating its identity. Curl verifies whether the certificate is authentic, i.e. that you can trust that the server is who the certificate says it is. This trust is based on a chain of digital signa- tures, rooted in certification authority (CA) certificates you supply. curl uses a default bundle of CA certificates (the path for that is determined at build time) and you can specify alternate certificates with the CURLOPT_PROXY_CAINFO(3) option or the CURLOPT_PROXY_CAPATH(3) option. When CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3) is enabled, and the verification fails to prove that the certificate is authentic, the connection fails. When the option is zero, the peer certificate verification succeeds regardless. Authenticating the certificate is not enough to be sure about the server. You typically also want to ensure that the server is the server you mean to be talking to. Use CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3) for that. The check that the host name in the certificate is valid for the host name you're connecting to is done independently of the CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3) option. WARNING: disabling verification of the certificate allows bad guys to man-in-the-middle the communication without you knowing it. Disabling verification makes the communication insecure. Just having encryption on a transfer is not enough as you cannot be sure that you are commu- nicating with the correct end-point. DEFAULT
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All EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com"); /* Set the default value: strict certificate check please */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1L); curl_easy_perform(curl); } AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.52.0 If built TLS enabled. RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3), CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3), CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3), libcurl 7.54.0 December 16, 2016 CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)

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CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3)				     curl_easy_setopt options					 CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3)

NAME
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST - verify the certificate's name against host SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, long verify); DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter specifying what to verify. This option determines whether libcurl verifies that the server cert is for the server it is known as. When negotiating TLS and SSL connections, the server sends a certificate indicating its identity. When CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3) is 2, that certificate must indicate that the server is the server to which you meant to connect, or the connection fails. Simply put, it means it has to have the same name in the certificate as is in the URL you operate against. 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 verify value is 1, curl_easy_setopt 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. When the verify value is 0, the connection succeeds regardless of the names in the certificate. Use that ability with caution! The default value for this option is 2. This option controls checking the server's certificate's claimed identity. The server could be lying. To control lying, see CUR- LOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3). LIMITATIONS
DarwinSSL: If verify value is 0, then SNI is also disabled. SNI is a TLS extension that sends the hostname to the server. The server may use that information to do such things as sending back a specific certificate for the hostname, or forwarding the request to a specific origin server. Some hostnames may be inaccessible if SNI is not sent. NSS: If CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3) is zero, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3) is also set to zero and cannot be overridden. DEFAULT
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All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc. EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com"); /* Set the default value: strict name check please */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2L); curl_easy_perform(curl); } AVAILABILITY
If built TLS enabled. RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if TLS is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. If 1 is set as argument, CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT is returned. SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3), CURLOPT_CAINFO(3), libcurl 7.54.0 February 02, 2017 CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3)
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