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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/user-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user-guide/commands.xml | 24 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml index 3a9202dc..eb050c31 100644 --- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml +++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml @@ -1391,7 +1391,11 @@ <description> <para> - Currently only available for Jabber connections. Set this to true if the server accepts SSL connections. + Currently only available for Jabber connections. Set this to true if you want to connect to the server on an SSL-enabled port (usually 5223). + </para> + + <para> + Please note that this method of establishing a secure connection to the server has long been deprecated. You are encouraged to look at the <emphasis>tls</emphasis> setting instead. </para> </description> </bitlbee-setting> @@ -1484,6 +1488,24 @@ </description> </bitlbee-setting> + <bitlbee-setting name="tls_verify" type="boolean" scope="account"> + <default>true</default> + + <description> + <para> + Currently only available for Jabber connections in combination with the <emphasis>tls</emphasis> setting. Set this to <emphasis>true</emphasis> if you want BitlBee to strictly verify the server's certificate against a list of trusted certificate authorities. + </para> + + <para> + The hostname used in the certificate verification is the value of the <emphasis>server</emphasis> setting if the latter is nonempty and the domain of the username else. If you get a hostname related error when connecting to Google Talk with a username from the gmail.com or googlemail.com domain, please try to empty the <emphasis>server</emphasis> setting. + </para> + + <para> + Please note that no certificate verification is performed when the <emphasis>ssl</emphasis> setting is used, or when the CAfile setting in bitlbee.conf is not set. + </para> + </description> + </bitlbee-setting> + <bitlbee-setting name="to_char" type="string" scope="global"> <default>": "</default> |