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Perspectives extension improves HTTPS security

10-20-2008 01:00 AM
Ah, cryptographic security: a boon to those who understand the algorithms, but all too often a lost cause to those who don't. The secure HTTPS protocol for Web surfing is widely accepted, but has one fatal flaw: users ignore certificate error warnings. A Firefox extension called Perspectives aims to close that security hole.

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CURLOPT_PROXY_KEYPASSWD(3)				     curl_easy_setopt options					CURLOPT_PROXY_KEYPASSWD(3)

NAME

       CURLOPT_PROXY_KEYPASSWD - set passphrase to proxy private key

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXY_KEYPASSWD, char *pwd);

DESCRIPTION

       This option is for connecting to a HTTPS proxy, not a HTTPS server.

       Pass  a	pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used as the password required to use the CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEY(3) pri-
       vate key.  You never needed a pass phrase to load a certificate but you need one to load your private key.

       The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.

DEFAULT

       NULL

PROTOCOLS

       Used with HTTPS proxy

EXAMPLE

       TODO

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.52.0

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK if TLS enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEY(3), CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE(3), CURLOPT_SSLKEY(3),

libcurl 7.54.0							 December 21, 2016					CURLOPT_PROXY_KEYPASSWD(3)

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