---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Short: 3
Long: sslv3
Tags: Versions
Protocols: SSL
Added: 5.9
Mutexed: sslv2 tlsv1 tlsv1.1 tlsv1.2
Requires: TLS
Help: Use SSLv3
Category: tls
Multi: mutex
See-also:
  - http1.1
  - http2
Example:
  - --sslv3 $URL
---

# `--sslv3`

This option previously asked curl to use SSLv3, but is now ignored
(added in 7.77.0). SSLv3 is widely considered insecure (see RFC 7568).