From 91c732f687a61ba130acf38d5142bec6369ebd68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Pluim
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:35:30 +0100
Subject: Always check for client-certificates

* lisp/net/network-stream.el
(network-stream-use-client-certificates): New user option.
(open-network-stream): If 'network-stream-use-client-certificates'
is t, and the user hasn't specified :client-certificate, do
certificate lookups via 'auth-source'.
(network-stream-certificate): Only return key and certificate
files that exist.

* doc/lispref/processes.texi (Network): Document new
client-certificate behavior.

* etc/NEWS: Document 'network-stream-use-client-certificates'.
---
 doc/lispref/processes.texi | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi
index 287221a184d..5caf0a24265 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi
@@ -2516,12 +2516,16 @@ Emacs will warn if the connection isn't encrypted.  This is useful for
 protocols like @acronym{IMAP} and the like, where most users would
 expect the network traffic to be encrypted.
 
+@vindex network-stream-use-client-certificates
 @item :client-certificate @var{list-or-t}
 Either a list of the form @code{(@var{key-file} @var{cert-file})},
 naming the certificate key file and certificate file itself, or
 @code{t}, meaning to query @code{auth-source} for this information
-(@pxref{Top,,Overview, auth, The Auth-Source Manual}).
-Only used for @acronym{TLS} or @acronym{STARTTLS}.
+(@pxref{Help for users,,auth-source, auth, Emacs auth-source Library}).
+Only used for @acronym{TLS} or @acronym{STARTTLS}.  If
+@code{:client-certificate} is not specified, behave as if it were t,
+customize @code{network-stream-use-client-certificates} to change
+this.
 
 @item :return-list @var{cons-or-nil}
 The return value of this function.  If omitted or @code{nil}, return a
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