CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER - verify the proxy's SSL certificate
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER,
long verify);
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 does not.
This is the proxy version of
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3) that is 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 signatures, 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 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 are
connecting to is done independently of the
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 communicating with
the correct end-point.
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All
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);
}
Added in 7.52.0
If built TLS enabled.
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3),
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3),
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3),