11.1 Certificates
In the HTTPS world, you use certificates to validate that you are the one
- you you claim to be, as an addition to normal passwords. Curl supports
- client-side certificates. All certificates are locked with a pass phrase,
- which you need to enter before the certificate can be used by curl. The pass
- phrase can be specified on the command line or if not, entered interactively
- when curl queries for it. Use a certificate with curl on a HTTPS server
- like:
+ you claim to be, as an addition to normal passwords. Curl supports client-
+ side certificates. All certificates are locked with a pass phrase, which you
+ need to enter before the certificate can be used by curl. The pass phrase
+ can be specified on the command line or if not, entered interactively when
+ curl queries for it. Use a certificate with curl on a HTTPS server like:
curl -E mycert.pem https://that.secure.server.com