curl/docs/cmdline-opts/curves.md
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cmdline-opts: shorter help texts
In an effort to increase the readability of the "--help all" output on
narrow (80 column) terminals.

Co-authored-by: Jay Satiro

Closes #13169
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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: curves
Arg: <list>
Help: (EC) TLS key exchange algorithms to request
Protocols: TLS
Added: 7.73.0
Category: tls
Multi: single
See-also:
- ciphers
Example:
- --curves X25519 $URL
---
# `--curves`
Set specific curves to use during SSL session establishment according to RFC
8422, 5.1. Multiple algorithms can be provided by separating them with `:`
(e.g. `X25519:P-521`). The parameter is available identically in the OpenSSL
`s_client` and `s_server` utilities.
--curves allows a OpenSSL powered curl to make SSL-connections with exactly
the (EC) curve requested by the client, avoiding nontransparent client/server
negotiations.
If this option is set, the default curves list built into OpenSSL are ignored.