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This commit documents the NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED
environment variable so that the world can know how
potentially dangerous it is.

PR-URL: #24289
Fixes: #24284
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <[email protected]>
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Expand Up @@ -673,6 +673,12 @@ Path to the file used to store the persistent REPL history. The default path is
`~/.node_repl_history`, which is overridden by this variable. Setting the value
to an empty string (`''` or `' '`) disables persistent REPL history.

### `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=value`

If `value` equals `'0'`, certificate validation is disabled for TLS connections.
This makes TLS, and HTTPS by extension, insecure. The use of this environment
variable is strongly discouraged.

### `NODE_V8_COVERAGE=dir`

When set, Node.js will begin outputting [V8 JavaScript code coverage][] to the
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