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Commit 6842afbf authored by Jay Satiro's avatar Jay Satiro
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INSTALL: Advise use of non-native SSL for Windows <= XP

Advise that WinSSL in versions <= XP will not be able to connect to
servers that no longer support the legacy handshakes and algorithms used
by those versions, and to use an alternate backend like OpenSSL instead.

Bug: https://github.com/bagder/curl/issues/253


Reported-by: default avatarzenden2k <zenden2k@gmail.com>
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add '-DCURL_STATICLIB' to your CFLAGS. Otherwise the linker will look for
dynamic import symbols.
Legacy Windows and SSL
----------------------
WinSSL (Windows SSPI, more specifically Schannel), is 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.
Apple iOS and Mac OS X
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......@@ -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
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Building with Visual C++, prerequises
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Building with Visual C++, prerequisites
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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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