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doc: warn that tls.connect() doesn't set SNI #33855

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Expand Up @@ -1402,6 +1402,12 @@ The `callback` function, if specified, will be added as a listener for the

`tls.connect()` returns a [`tls.TLSSocket`][] object.

Unlike the `https` API, `tls.connect()` does not enable the
SNI (Server Name Indication) extension by default, which may cause some
servers to return an incorrect certificate or reject the connection
altogether. To enable SNI, set the `servername` option in addition
to `host`.

The following illustrates a client for the echo server example from
[`tls.createServer()`][]:

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