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4.2 KiB
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94 lines
4.2 KiB
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.TH CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
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.SH NAME
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CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER \- verify the peer's SSL certificate
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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#include <curl/curl.h>
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CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, long verify);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Pass a long as parameter to enable or disable.
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This option determines whether curl verifies the authenticity of the peer's
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certificate. A value of 1 means curl verifies; 0 (zero) means it doesn't.
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When negotiating a TLS or SSL connection, the server sends a certificate
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indicating its identity. Curl verifies whether the certificate is authentic,
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i.e. that you can trust that the server is who the certificate says it is.
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This trust is based on a chain of digital signatures, rooted in certification
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authority (CA) certificates you supply. curl uses a default bundle of CA
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certificates (the path for that is determined at build time) and you can
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specify alternate certificates with the \fICURLOPT_CAINFO(3)\fP option or the
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\fICURLOPT_CAPATH(3)\fP option.
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When \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)\fP is enabled, and the verification fails to
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prove that the certificate is authentic, the connection fails. When the
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option is zero, the peer certificate verification succeeds regardless.
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Authenticating the certificate is not enough to be sure about the server. You
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typically also want to ensure that the server is the server you mean to be
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talking to. Use \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3)\fP for that. The check that the
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host name in the certificate is valid for the host name you're connecting to
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is done independently of the \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)\fP option.
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WARNING: disabling verification of the certificate allows bad guys to
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man-in-the-middle the communication without you knowing it. Disabling
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verification makes the communication insecure. Just having encryption on a
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transfer is not enough as you cannot be sure that you are communicating with
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the correct end-point.
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NOTE: even when this option is disabled, depending on the used TLS backend,
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curl may still load the certificate file specified in
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\fICURLOPT_CAINFO(3)\fP. curl default settings in some distributions might use
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quite a large file as a default setting for \fICURLOPT_CAINFO(3)\fP, so
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loading the file can be quite expensive, especially when dealing with many
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connections. Thus, in some situations, you might want to disable verification
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fully to save resources by setting \fICURLOPT_CAINFO(3)\fP to NULL - but
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please also consider the warning above!
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.SH DEFAULT
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By default, curl assumes a value of 1.
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.SH PROTOCOLS
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All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.nf
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CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
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if(curl) {
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
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/* Set the default value: strict certificate check please */
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1L);
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curl_easy_perform(curl);
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}
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.fi
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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If built TLS enabled.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST "(3), "
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.BR CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER "(3), "
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.BR CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST "(3), "
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.BR CURLOPT_CAINFO "(3), "
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