TLS: remove support for Secure Transport and BearSSL

These libraries do not support TLS 1.3 and have been marked for removal
for over a year. We want to help users select a TLS dependency that is
future-proof and reliable, and not supporting TLS 1.3 in 2025 does not
infer confidence. Users who build libcurl are likely to be served better
and get something more future-proof with a TLS library that supports
1.3.

Closes #16677
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Daniel Stenberg 2025-06-09 14:07:21 +02:00
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@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ target_link_libraries(my_target PRIVATE CURL::libcurl)
- `CURL_COMPLETION_ZSH_DIR`: Custom zsh completion install directory.
- `CURL_DEFAULT_SSL_BACKEND`: Override default TLS backend in MultiSSL builds.
Accepted values in order of default priority:
`wolfssl`, `gnutls`, `mbedtls`, `openssl`, `secure-transport`, `schannel`, `bearssl`, `rustls`
`wolfssl`, `gnutls`, `mbedtls`, `openssl`, `schannel`, `rustls`
- `CURL_ENABLE_EXPORT_TARGET`: Enable CMake export target. Default: `ON`
- `CURL_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS`: Hide libcurl internal symbols (=hide all symbols that are not officially external). Default: `ON`
- `CURL_LIBCURL_SOVERSION`: Enable libcurl SOVERSION. Default: `ON` for supported platforms
@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ Details via CMake
## Dependencies
- `CURL_BROTLI`: Use brotli (`ON`, `OFF` or `AUTO`). Default: `AUTO`
- `CURL_USE_BEARSSL`: Enable BearSSL for SSL/TLS. Default: `OFF`
- `CURL_USE_GNUTLS`: Enable GnuTLS for SSL/TLS. Default: `OFF`
- `CURL_USE_GSASL`: Use libgsasl. Default: `OFF`
- `CURL_USE_GSSAPI`: Use GSSAPI implementation. Default: `OFF`
@ -367,7 +366,6 @@ Details via CMake
- `CURL_USE_PKGCONFIG`: Enable `pkg-config` to detect dependencies. Default: `ON` for Unix (except Android, Apple devices), vcpkg, MinGW if not cross-compiling.
- `CURL_USE_RUSTLS`: Enable Rustls for SSL/TLS. Default: `OFF`
- `CURL_USE_SCHANNEL`: Enable Windows native SSL/TLS (Schannel). Default: `OFF`
- `CURL_USE_SECTRANSP`: Enable Apple OS native SSL/TLS (Secure Transport). Default: `OFF`
- `CURL_USE_WOLFSSH`: Use wolfSSH. Default: `OFF`
- `CURL_USE_WOLFSSL`: Enable wolfSSL for SSL/TLS. Default: `OFF`
- `CURL_ZLIB`: Use zlib (`ON`, `OFF` or `AUTO`). Default: `AUTO`
@ -404,8 +402,6 @@ Details via CMake
- `AMISSL_INCLUDE_DIR`: The AmiSSL include directory.
- `AMISSL_STUBS_LIBRARY`: Path to `amisslstubs` library.
- `AMISSL_AUTO_LIBRARY`: Path to `amisslauto` library.
- `BEARSSL_INCLUDE_DIR`: The BearSSL include directory.
- `BEARSSL_LIBRARY`: Path to `bearssl` library.
- `BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIR`: The brotli include directory.
- `BROTLICOMMON_LIBRARY`: Path to `brotlicommon` library.
- `BROTLIDEC_LIBRARY`: Path to `brotlidec` library.