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protocol name. Passing an array is usually much simpler, e.g.
`['hello', 'world']`.
* `servername`: {string} Server name for the SNI (Server Name Indication) TLS
extension. It must be a host name, and not an IP address.
extension. It is the name of the host being connected to, and must be a host
name, and not an IP address. It can be used by a multi-homed server to
choose the correct certificate to present to the client, see the
`SNICallback` option to [`tls.createServer()`][].
* `checkServerIdentity(servername, cert)` {Function} A callback function
to be used (instead of the builtin `tls.checkServerIdentity()` function)
when checking the server's hostname (or the provided `servername` when
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