Commit 324bf2fd authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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insecure.d: clarify that this is for server connections

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Help: Allow insecure connections when using SSL
Help: Allow insecure server connections when using SSL
Protocols: TLS
See-also: proxy-insecure cacert
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This option explicitly allows curl to perform "insecure" SSL connections and
transfers. All SSL connections are attempted to be made secure by using the CA
certificate bundle installed by default. This makes all connections considered
\&"insecure" fail unless --insecure is used.

By default, every SSL connection curl makes is verified to be secure. This
option allows curl to proceed and operate even for server connections
otherwise considered insecure.

The server connection is verified by making sure the server's certificate
contains the right name and verifies successfully using the cert store.

See this online resource for further details:
 https://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html