talking to. Use \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3)\fP for that. The check that the
host name in the certificate is valid for the host name you're connecting to
is done independently of the \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)\fP 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.
.SH DEFAULT
By default, curl assumes a value of 1.
.SH PROTOCOLS