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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2011-05-17 18:00:56 +0200
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2011-05-17 20:12:12 +0200
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Reinstate SSLv2 support on legacy_63 branch.
Revert "Remove support for SSLv2 (fixes Debian Bug #622054)." This reverts commit c22a3afca46c83ee6d53a6ee58deb122f309c460.
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@@ -474,9 +474,8 @@ Also see \-\-sslcert above.
(Keyword: sslproto)
.br
Forces an SSL/TLS protocol. Possible values are \fB''\fP,
-\&'\fBSSL23\fP' (note however that fetchmail, since v6.3.20, prohibits
-negotiation of SSLv2 -- it has been deprecated for 15 years and is
-insecure), \&'\fBSSL3\fP', and
+\&'\fBSSL2\fP', '\fBSSL23\fP', (use of these two values is discouraged
+and should only be used as a last resort) \&'\fBSSL3\fP', and
\&'\fBTLS1\fP'. The default behaviour if this option is unset is: for
connections without \-\-ssl, use \&'\fBTLS1\fP' so that fetchmail will
opportunistically try STARTTLS negotiation with TLS1. You can configure