Tribblix: manual page: CURLOPT_SSLENGINE

CURLOPT_SSLENGINE_DEFAULT(3) Introduction to Library Functions

NAME

CURLOPT_SSLENGINE_DEFAULT - make SSL engine default

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSLENGINE_DEFAULT, long val);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a long set to 1 to make the already specified crypto engine the
default for (asymmetric) crypto operations.

This option has no effect unless set after CURLOPT_SSLENGINE(3).

DEFAULT

None

PROTOCOLS

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

This option works only with the following TLS backends: OpenSSL

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLENGINE, "dynamic");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLENGINE_DEFAULT, 1L);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.9.3

RETURN VALUE

CURLE_OK - Engine set as default.

CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_SETFAILED - Engine could not be set as default.

CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN - Option not built in, OpenSSL is not the SSL
backend.

CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION - Option not recognized.

CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY - Insufficient heap space.