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Diffstat (limited to 'src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp')
| -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() */ |