CURLOPT_SSL_EC_CURVES

Section: curl_easy_setopt options (3)
Updated: November 04, 2020
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NAME

CURLOPT_SSL_EC_CURVES - set key exchange curves

SYNOPSIS

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSL_EC_CURVES, char *alg_list);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a string as parameter with a colon delimited list of (EC) algorithms. This option defines the client's key exchange algorithms in the SSL handshake (if the SSL backend libcurl is built to use supports it).

DEFAULT

"", embedded in SSL backend

PROTOCOLS

HTTP

EXAMPLE

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_EC_CURVES, "X25519:P-521");
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.73.0. Supported by the OpenSSL backend.

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.