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| author | Timur Pocheptsov <[email protected]> | 2024-03-20 15:45:32 +0100 |
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| committer | Qt Cherry-pick Bot <[email protected]> | 2024-04-20 14:57:08 +0000 |
| commit | 2bace7a88868722f6f7a3bd0fde4507e39283a85 (patch) | |
| tree | 08ec0809040a8545b8dc1d38e0b74ca594681fae | |
| parent | b52f20c97bb433a435c0740c5f62e03d6ceafd02 (diff) | |
Clarify the priority in selecting TLS backends6.6
In case a custom TLS plugin is provided, the order can be unclear
(next after OpenSSL is either Schannel on Windows, or Secure Transport
on Darwin, then a custom plugin, if any, and the last one is 'cert-only').
Pick-to: 6.5 6.2
Fixes: QTBUG-123092
Change-Id: I02bcc1fa5448f64846d561a72b2522af3286c66c
Reviewed-by: Mårten Nordheim <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit 128645d02338029858dd3e03defeff9f16d80172)
Reviewed-by: Qt Cherry-pick Bot <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit 8e0bb88d96374de4992944f05dc5ff8e5e82af6f)
| -rw-r--r-- | src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp index 4d8bda3dd76..649495ca35c 100644 --- a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp +++ b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp @@ -1538,7 +1538,12 @@ QList<QString> QSslSocket::availableBackends() from the list of available backends. \note When selecting a default backend implicitly, QSslSocket prefers - the OpenSSL backend if available. + the OpenSSL backend if available. If it's not available, the Schannel backend + is implicitly selected on Windows, and Secure Transport on Darwin platforms. + Failing these, if a custom TLS backend is found, it is used. + If no other backend is found, the "certificate only" backend is selected. + For more information about TLS plugins, please see + \l {Enabling and Disabling SSL Support when Building Qt from Source}. \sa setActiveBackend(), availableBackends() */ |