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CURLOPT_SSLVERSION

set preferred TLS/SSL version

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, long version);

Pass a long as parameter to control which version of SSL/TLS to attempt to use.

Use one of the available defines for this purpose. The available options are:

The default action. This will attempt to figure out the remote SSL protocol version.
TLSv1.x
SSLv2
SSLv3
TLSv1.0 (Added in 7.34.0)
TLSv1.1 (Added in 7.34.0)
TLSv1.2 (Added in 7.34.0)
TLSv1.3 (Added in 7.52.0)
The maximum TLS version can be set by using one of the CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_ macros below. It is also possible to OR one of the CURL_SSLVERSION_ macros with one of the CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_ macros. The MAX macros are not supported for SSL backends axTLS or wolfSSL.
The flag defines the maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.2, or the default value from the SSL library. (Added in 7.54.0)
The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.0. (Added in 7.54.0)
The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.1. (Added in 7.54.0)
The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.2. (Added in 7.54.0)
The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLSv1.3. (Added in 7.54.0)

CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT

All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
  /* ask libcurl to use TLS version 1.0 or later */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1);
  /* Perform the request */
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

SSLv2 is disabled by default since 7.18.1. Other SSL versions availability may vary depending on which backend libcurl has been built to use.

SSLv3 is disabled by default since 7.39.0.

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

CURLOPT_USE_SSL(3), CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION(3), CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(3)