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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2025-04-11 10:58:18 +0900
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2025-04-14 10:34:51 +0900
commita42630e85b82ad2b5cecc9163a422084cf09ff4c (patch)
tree3a82fa95cc79db11213ce7ae6de473930162621d /doc
parentf47ff4fccec1a5ec8b939e9d7f54dffb4ef673d9 (diff)
services: ngircd: Expose a new ssl-verify? option.
* gnu/services/messaging.scm (ngircd-server) [ssl-verify?]: New field. * doc/guix.texi (Messaging Services): Regenerate doc. Change-Id: Ia2d6e557bd89448d8cc2d1cd88e606e2b1ef5029
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
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@@ -30738,7 +30738,15 @@ Set to @code{#t} to disable automatic connection even if the port value
is specified.
@item @code{ssl-connect?} (default: @code{#f}) (type: maybe-boolean)
-Connect to the remote server using TLS/SSL.
+Set to @code{#t} to enforce the use of TLS to connect to the remote
+server.
+
+@item @code{ssl-verify?} (default: @code{#t}) (type: maybe-boolean)
+Set to @code{#f} to disable the verification of the TLS certificate
+presented by the remote server. This can be useful if the remote server
+uses a self-signed certificate. Beware that this degrades security by
+enabling man-in-the-middle attacks, as the @emph{remote site is not
+verified at all}.
@end table