curl/docs/cmdline-opts/insecure.d

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Long: insecure
Short: k
Help: Allow insecure server connections
Protocols: TLS SFTP SCP
See-also: proxy-insecure cacert capath
Category: tls sftp scp
Example: --insecure $URL
Added: 7.10
Multi: boolean
---
By default, every secure connection curl makes is verified to be secure before
the transfer takes place. This option makes curl skip the verification step
and proceed without checking.

When this option is not used for protocols using TLS, curl verifies the
server's TLS certificate before it continues: that the certificate contains
the right name which matches the host name used in the URL and that the
certificate has been signed by a CA certificate present in the cert store.
See this online resource for further details:
 https://curl.se/docs/sslcerts.html

For SFTP and SCP, this option makes curl skip the *known_hosts* verification.
*known_hosts* is a file normally stored in the user's home directory in the
".ssh" subdirectory, which contains host names and their public keys.

**WARNING**: using this option makes the transfer insecure.