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Mention TLS problem in the README
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Also make gnutls-cli insecure again, for bug-to-bug compatibility with
openssl.
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jorgenschaefer committed Nov 18, 2015
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With this in your configuration, you can use `M-x circe RET Freenode
RET` to connect to Freenode using these settings.

_Please note:_ Circe uses the `openssl` or `gnutls-cli` command line
programs to connect via TLS. These tools do not by default verify the
server certificate. If you want to verify the server certificate,
customize the `tls-program` variable.

## Features

- Sensible defaults
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(defcustom tls-connection-command
(if (executable-find "gnutls-cli")
"gnutls-cli -p %p %h"
"gnutls-cli --insecure -p %p %h"
"openssl s_client -connect %h:%p -no_ssl2 -ign_eof")
"The command to use to create a TLS connection.
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