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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2016-01-30 13:08:11 +0100
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2016-01-30 13:08:11 +0100
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Document minimum OpenSSL 1.0.1 requirement.
-rw-r--r--NEWS1
-rw-r--r--README.SSL3
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d67d49f8..763e4e6b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ fetchmail-6.4.0 (not yet released):
## CHANGES
* fetchmail 6.3.X is unsupported.
+* fetchmail now requires OpenSSL v1.0.1 or newer.
* Fetchmail now supports --sslproto auto and --sslproto tls1+ (same as ssl23).
* --sslproto tls1.1+ and tls1.2+ are now supported for auto-negotiation with a
minimum specified TLS protocol version, and --sslproto tls1.1 and --sslproto
diff --git a/README.SSL b/README.SSL
index 125ad63e..92973a2d 100644
--- a/README.SSL
+++ b/README.SSL
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ Quickstart
----------
Use an up-to-date release of OpenSSL 1.0.1 or newer, so as to get
-TLSv1.2 support.
+TLSv1.2 support. Older OpenSSL versions are unsupported upstream, and
+fetchmail rejects them.
For use of SSL or TLS with in-band negotiation on the regular service's port,
i. e. with STLS or STARTTLS, use these command line options