From: hniksic Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:21:07 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [svn] Document the SSL command-line options. X-Git-Tag: v1.13~1166 X-Git-Url: http://sjero.net/git/?p=wget;a=commitdiff_plain;h=369554bd7439ab09c831702e73fa107627531bf0 [svn] Document the SSL command-line options. --- diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index dcbb2888..fdcdbc3c 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-04-23 Hrvoje Niksic + + * wget.texi: Documented the SSL command-line options. + 2005-04-23 Hrvoje Niksic * wget.texi (Wgetrc Commands): Document ftp_passwd. diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi index 2935ccb7..03545772 100644 --- a/doc/wget.texi +++ b/doc/wget.texi @@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ the command line. * Download Options:: * Directory Options:: * HTTP Options:: +* HTTPS (SSL/TLS) Options:: * FTP Options:: * Recursive Retrieval Options:: * Recursive Accept/Reject Options:: @@ -1250,6 +1251,74 @@ wget --load-cookies cookies.txt \ @end example @end table +@node HTTPS (SSL/TLS) Options +@section HTTPS (SSL/TLS) Options + +@cindex SSL +To support SSL-based HTTP (HTTPS) downloads, Wget must be compiled +with an external SSL library, currently OpenSSL. If Wget is compiled +without SSL support, none of these options are available. + +@table @samp +@item --sslcertfile=@var{file} +Use the client certificate stored in @var{file}. This is needed for +servers that are configured to require certificates from the clients +that connect to them. Normally a certificate is not required and this +switch is optional. + +@cindex SSL certificate +@item --sslcertkey=@var{keyfile} +Read the certificate key from @var{keyfile}. + +@cindex SSL certificate authority +@item --sslcadir=@var{directory} +Specifies directory used for certificate authorities (``CA''). + +@item --sslcafile=@var{file} +Use @var{file} as the file with the bundle of certificate authorities. + +@cindex SSL certificate type, specify +@item --sslcerttype=0/1 +Specify the type of the client certificate: 0 means @code{PEM} +(default), 1 means @code{ASN1} (@code{DER}). + +@cindex SSL certificate, check +@item --sslcheckcert=0/1 +If set to 1, check the server certificate against the specified client +authorities. If this is 0 (the default), Wget will break the SSL +handshake if the server certificate is not valid. + +@cindex SSL protocol, choose +@item --sslprotocol=0-3 +Choose the SSL protocol to be used. If 0 is specified (the default), +the OpenSSL library chooses the appropriate protocol automatically. +Specifying 1 forces the use of SSLv2, specifying 2 forces SSLv3, and +specifying 3 forces TLSv1. + +In most cases the OpenSSL library is capable of making an intelligent +choice of the protocol, but there have been reports of sites that use +old (and presumably buggy) server libraries with which a protocol has +to be specified manually. + +@cindex EGD +@item --egd-file=@var{file} +Use @var{file} as the EGD socket. EGD stands for @dfn{Entropy +Gathering Daemon}, a user-space program that collects data from +various unpredictable system sources and makes it available to other +programs that might need it. Encryption software, such as the SSL +library, needs sources of non-repeating randomness to seed the random +number generator used to produce cryptographically strong keys. + +OpenSSL allows the user to specify his own source of entropy using the +@code{RAND_FILE} environment variable. If this variable is unset, or +if the specified file does not produce enough randomness, OpenSSL will +read random data from EGD socket specified using this option. + +If this option is not specified (and the equivalent startup command is +not used), EGD is never contacted. EGD is not needed on modern Unix +systems that support @file{/dev/random}. +@end table + @node FTP Options @section FTP Options @@ -2331,6 +2400,10 @@ the retrieval (50 by default). @item dot_spacing = @var{n} Specify the number of dots in a single cluster (10 by default). +@item egd_file = @var{string} +Use @var{string} as the EGD socket file name. The same as +@samp{--egd-file}. + @item exclude_directories = @var{string} Specify a comma-separated list of directories you wish to exclude from download---the same as @samp{-X} (@pxref{Directory-Based Limits}). @@ -2482,11 +2555,6 @@ Set proxy authentication user name to @var{string}, like @samp{--proxy-user}. @item proxy_passwd = @var{string} Set proxy authentication password to @var{string}, like @samp{--proxy-passwd}. -@item referer = @var{string} -Set HTTP @samp{Referer:} header just like @samp{--referer}. (Note it -was the folks who wrote the @sc{http} spec who got the spelling of -``referrer'' wrong.) - @item quiet = on/off Quiet mode---the same as @samp{-q}. @@ -2508,6 +2576,11 @@ Recursion level---the same as @samp{-l}. @item recursive = on/off Recursive on/off---the same as @samp{-r}. +@item referer = @var{string} +Set HTTP @samp{Referer:} header just like @samp{--referer}. (Note it +was the folks who wrote the @sc{http} spec who got the spelling of +``referrer'' wrong.) + @item relative_only = on/off Follow only relative links---the same as @samp{-L} (@pxref{Relative Links}). @@ -2538,6 +2611,36 @@ responses---the same as @samp{-S}. @item span_hosts = on/off Same as @samp{-H}. +@item ssl_cert_file = @var{string} +Set the client certificate file name to @var{string}. The same as +@samp{--sslcertfile}. + +@item ssl_cert_key = @var{string} +Set the certificate key file to @var{string}. The same as +@samp{--sslcertkey}. + +@item ssl_ca_dir = @var{string} +Set the directory used for certificate authorities. The same as +@samp{--sslcadir}. + +@item ssl_ca_file = @var{string} +Set the certificate authority bundle file to @var{string}. The same +as @samp{--sslcafile}. + +@item ssl_cert_type = 0/1 +Specify the type of the client certificate: 0 means @code{PEM} +(default), 1 means @code{ASN1} (@code{DER}). The same as +@samp{--sslcerttype}. + +@item ssl_check_cert = 0/1 +If this is set to 1, the server certificate is checked against the +specified client authorities. The same as @samp{--sslcheckcert}. + +@item ssl_protocol = 0-3 +Choose the SSL protocol to be used. 0 means choose automatically, 1 +means force SSLv2, 2 means force SSLv3, and 3 means force TLSv1. The +same as @samp{--sslprotocol}. + @item strict_comments = on/off Same as @samp{--strict-comments}.