[nginx] SSL: $ssl_curves (ticket #1088).

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 03:41:44PM -0800, Piotr Sikora via nginx-devel wrote:

> > details:   http://hg.nginx.org/nginx/rev/e75e854657ba
> > branches:
> > changeset: 6817:e75e854657ba
> > user:      Maxim Dounin <mdounin at mdounin.ru>
> > date:      Mon Dec 05 22:23:23 2016 +0300
> > description:
> > SSL: $ssl_curves (ticket #1088).
> >
> > The variable contains a list of curves as supported by the client.
> 
> Why this isn't called $ssl_client_curves, then?
> 
> Same question applies to $ssl_ciphers.

The $ssl_client_* variables are used for variables related to 
client certificate verification, more specifically - client 
certificate and its properties.  Various other entities, including 
ones supplied by the client, do not use "client" prefix - e.g., 
$ssl_server_name.

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Maxim Dounin
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