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diff --git a/lib/pure/httpclient.nim b/lib/pure/httpclient.nim index b7bdc8d17..e3e5a5c11 100644 --- a/lib/pure/httpclient.nim +++ b/lib/pure/httpclient.nim @@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ ## You will also have to compile with ``ssl`` defined like so: ## ``nim c -d:ssl ...``. ## +## Certificate validation is NOT performed by default. +## This will change in future. +## +## A set of directories and files from the `ssl_certs <ssl_certs.html>`_ +## module are scanned to locate CA certificates. +## +## See `newContext <net.html#newContext>`_ to tweak or disable certificate validation. +## ## Timeouts ## ======== ## @@ -552,6 +560,7 @@ proc newHttpClient*(userAgent = defUserAgent, maxRedirects = 5, ## default is 5. ## ## ``sslContext`` specifies the SSL context to use for HTTPS requests. + ## See `SSL/TLS support <##ssl-tls-support>`_ ## ## ``proxy`` specifies an HTTP proxy to use for this HTTP client's ## connections. |