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CURLOPT_PR...SSL_OPTIONS(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_PR...SSL_OPTIONS(3)

NAME
     CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_OPTIONS - HTTPS proxy SSL behavior options

SYNOPSIS
     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_OPTIONS,
			       long bitmask);

DESCRIPTION
     Pass  a  long  with a bitmask to tell libcurl about specific SSL behaviors.
     Available bits:

     CURLSSLOPT_ALLOW_BEAST
	    Tells libcurl to not attempt to use any workarounds for  a	security
	    flaw in the SSL3 and TLS1.0 protocols. If this option is not used or
	    this  bit  is  set	to  0,	the  SSL  layer  libcurl  uses may use a
	    workaround for this flaw although it  might  cause	interoperability
	    problems with some (older) SSL implementations.

	    WARNING:  avoiding this workaround lessens the security, and by set-
	    ting this option to 1 you ask for exactly that. This option is  only
	    supported for Secure Transport and OpenSSL.

     CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE
	    Tells libcurl to disable certificate revocation checks for those SSL
	    backends  where  such  behavior is present. This option is only sup-
	    ported for Schannel (the native Windows SSL library), with an excep-
	    tion in the case of Windows' Untrusted Publishers block  list  which
	    it seems cannot be bypassed.

     CURLSSLOPT_NO_PARTIALCHAIN
	    Tells  libcurl  to not accept "partial" certificate chains, which it
	    otherwise does by default. This option fails the certificate verifi-
	    cation if the chain ends with an intermediate  certificate	and  not
	    with a root cert.

	    Works  with OpenSSL and its forks (BoringSSL, LibreSSL, etc). (Added
	    in 7.68.0)

	    Works with Schannel if the user specified certificates to verify the
	    peer.  (Added in 8.15.0)

     CURLSSLOPT_REVOKE_BEST_EFFORT
	    Tells libcurl to ignore certificate revocation  checks  in	case  of
	    missing  or offline distribution points for those SSL backends where
	    such behavior is present. This option is only supported for Schannel
	    (the native Windows SSL library). If combined with CURLSSLOPT_NO_RE-
	    VOKE, the latter takes precedence. (Added in 7.70.0)

     CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA
	    Tell libcurl to use the operating system's native CA store for  cer-
	    tificate  verification.  This option is independent of other CA cer-
	    tificate locations set at run time or build  time.	Those  locations
	    are searched in addition to the native CA store.

	    Works  with wolfSSL on Windows, Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, RHEL,
	    Ubuntu), macOS, Android and iOS (added in 8.3.0); with GnuTLS (added
	    in 8.5.0) and with OpenSSL and its forks (BoringSSL, LibreSSL,  etc)
	    on Windows (Added in 7.71.0).

     CURLSSLOPT_AUTO_CLIENT_CERT
	    Tell  libcurl  to  automatically locate and use a client certificate
	    for authentication, when requested by the  server.	This  option  is
	    only  supported for Schannel (the native Windows SSL library). Prior
	    to 7.77.0 this was the default behavior in	libcurl  with  Schannel.
	    Since  the	server	can request any certificate that supports client
	    authentication in the OS certificate store it could be a privacy vi-
	    olation and unexpected.  (Added in 7.77.0)

DEFAULT
     0

PROTOCOLS
     This functionality affects  all TLS based protocols:  HTTPS,  FTPS,  IMAPS,
     POP3S, SMTPS etc. only

     All TLS backends support this option.

EXAMPLE
     int main(void)
     {
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
	 CURLcode result;
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "https://proxy.example");
	 /* weaken TLS only for use with silly proxies */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_OPTIONS,
			  CURLSSLOPT_ALLOW_BEAST | CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE);
	 result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
	 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }
     }

HISTORY
     CURLSSLOPT_*  macros  became  long types in 8.15.0, prior to this version a
     long cast was necessary when passed to curl_easy_setopt(3).

AVAILABILITY
     Added in curl 7.52.0

RETURN VALUE
     curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

     CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see
     libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO
     CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION(3), CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_CIPHER_LIST(3),  CURLOPT_SS-
     LVERSION(3), CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST(3)

libcurl 			   2026-08-27	     CURLOPT_PR...SSL_OPTIONS(3)

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