From ec66afcc51369f994cf04960fc4828cb007176bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 23:22:48 -0600
Subject:   * Add new variable ssl-ciphers to list the ciphers that will be
 used when     negotiating a secure connection with a SSL server. Work in    
 collaboration with professor Martin Trusler.

---
 pith/pine.hlp | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

(limited to 'pith/pine.hlp')

diff --git a/pith/pine.hlp b/pith/pine.hlp
index 060a897a..603c7563 100644
--- a/pith/pine.hlp
+++ b/pith/pine.hlp
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ new additions to Alpine, please check it periodically.
 <P>
 New features include:
 <UL>
+<LI> New configuration variable <!--#echo var="VAR_ssl-ciphers"--> that allows
+users to list the ciphers that want to use when connecting to a SSL server.
+Based on a collaboration with Professor Martin Trusler.
 <LI> New hidden feature <a href="h_config_delete_before_writing"><!--#echo var="FEAT_enable-delete-before-writing"--></a>
 to add support for terminals that need lines to be deleted before being written. Based
 on a collaboration with Professor Martin Trusler.
@@ -22808,6 +22811,34 @@ User Certs File = /home/fred/.alpine-certs/certs.pem
                   C:\\libressl\\ssl\\certs\\cert.pem
 <PRE>
 
+<P>
+&lt;End of help on this topic&gt;
+</BODY></HTML>
+====== h_config_ssl_ciphers ======
+<HTML>
+<HEAD>
+<TITLE>OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_ssl-ciphers"--></TITLE>
+</HEAD>
+<BODY>
+<H1>OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_ssl-ciphers"--></H1>
+
+(UNIX ALPINE ONLY)
+This is a colon separated list of ciphers that your openssl or libressl
+library supports and will use to negotiate a secure connection with a
+remote SSL server.
+
+<P>
+The list of ciphers supported by openssl can be obtained with the command
+line command
+
+<P>
+openssl ciphers
+
+<P>
+Consult the manual page of the openssl ciphers command to see more
+way to specify groups of ciphers, such as RSA, or other groups of
+ciphers.
+
 <P>
 &lt;End of help on this topic&gt;
 </BODY></HTML>
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