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Daniel Stenberg
2026-04-05
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CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH.md: an access property
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docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH.md+9 -0
| @@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ authentication, *CURLAUTH_GSSAPI*, which allows GSS-API authentication, and | |
| *CURLAUTH_NONE*, which allows no authentication. Set the actual username and | |
| password with the CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD(3) option. | |
| + | The specific socks authentication method is an *access property*, it does not |
| + | change the security context. This means that this option changes how the |
| + | connection and access to the proxy happens when a connection is setup, but it |
| + | does not affect which proxy connections libcurl can reuse. libcurl may reuse a |
| + | connection that was set up with a different socks authentication method. Proxy |
| + | connection reuse still depends on other properties matching, such as the |
| + | protocol, proxy hostname, port number, credentials and other settings that |
| + | affect the connection. |
| + | |
| # DEFAULT | |
| CURLAUTH_BASIC | CURLAUTH_GSSAPI | |