doc: link and expand --tls-cipher-list docs

Link to the cli docs for --tls-cipher-list, and link to and mention that NODE_OPTIONS can also be used. PR-URL: #25174 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
nodejs · Dec 21, 2018 · 3af173df003036ccc7721b14bc25a2f93be5d32a · 3af173d
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@@ -169,12 +169,16 @@ HIGH:
 !CAMELLIA
 ```
-  
-This default can be replaced entirely using the `--tls-cipher-list` command
-  
-line switch. For instance, the following makes
-  
-`ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:!RC4` the default TLS cipher suite:
+  
+This default can be replaced entirely using the [`--tls-cipher-list`][] command line
+  
+switch (directly, or via the [`NODE_OPTIONS`][] environment variable). For
+  
+instance, the following makes `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:!RC4` the default
+  
+TLS cipher suite:
 ```sh
-  
-node --tls-cipher-list="ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:!RC4"
+  
+node --tls-cipher-list="ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:!RC4" server.js
+  
+
+  
+export NODE_OPTIONS=--tls-cipher-list="ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:!RC4"
+  
+node server.js
 ```
 The default can also be replaced on a per client or server basis using the
@@ -1412,6 +1416,8 @@ where `secureSocket` has the same API as `pair.cleartext`.
 [`'secureConnect'`]: #tls_event_secureconnect
 [`'secureConnection'`]: #tls_event_secureconnection
+  
+[`--tls-cipher-list`]: cli.html#cli_tls_cipher_list_list
+  
+[`NODE_OPTIONS`]: cli.html#cli_node_options_options
 [`SSL_CTX_set_timeout`]: https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.0/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_timeout.html
 [`crypto.getCurves()`]: crypto.html#crypto_crypto_getcurves
 [`dns.lookup()`]: dns.html#dns_dns_lookup_hostname_options_callback