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.TH CURLOPT_SSL_FALSESTART 3 "2025-02-13" libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_SSL_FALSESTART \- TLS false start
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSL_FALSESTART, long enable);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter set to 1L to enable or 0 to disable.

This option determines whether libcurl should use false start during the TLS
handshake. False start is a mode where a TLS client starts sending application
data before verifying the server\(aqs Finished message, thus saving a round trip
when performing a full handshake.
.SH DEFAULT
0
.SH PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.

This option works only with the following TLS backends:
Secure Transport
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_FALSESTART, 1L);
    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.42.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
\fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non\-zero means an error occurred, see
\fIlibcurl\-errors(3)\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR CURLOPT_TCP_FASTOPEN (3)