Loading docs/FAQ +2 −2 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ FAQ POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP. libcurl supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, kerberos, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password Kerberos, SPNEGO, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication, file transfer resume, http proxy tunneling and more! libcurl is highly portable, it builds and works identically on numerous platforms, including Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin, HPUX, platforms, including Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin, HP-UX, IRIX, AIX, Tru64, Linux, UnixWare, HURD, Windows, Amiga, OS/2, BeOS, Mac OS X, Ultrix, QNX, OpenVMS, RISC OS, Novell NetWare, DOS, Symbian, OSF, Android, Minix, IBM TPF and more... Loading docs/FEATURES +6 −4 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ HTTP - POST - Pipelining - multipart formpost (RFC1867-style) - authentication: Basic, Digest, NTLM (*9), Negotiate (*3) and to server and proxy - authentication: Basic, Digest, NTLM (*9) and Negotiate (SPNEGO) (*3) to server and proxy - resume (both GET and PUT) - follow redirects - maximum amount of redirects to follow Loading Loading @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ FTP - download - authentication - kerberos4 (*5) - kerberos5 (*3) - Kerberos 5 (*14) - active/passive using PORT, EPRT, PASV or EPSV - single file size information (compare to HTTP HEAD) - 'type=' URL support Loading Loading @@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ FOOTNOTES *1 = requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, yassl, axTLS, PolarSSL, WinSSL (native Windows), Secure Transport (native iOS/OS X) or qssl (native IBM i) *2 = requires OpenLDAP *3 = requires a GSSAPI-compliant library, such as Heimdal or similar *3 = requires a GSS-API implementation (such as Heimdal or MIT Kerberos) or SSPI (native Windows) *4 = requires nghttp2 and possibly a recent TLS library *5 = requires a krb4 library, such as the MIT one or similar *6 = requires c-ares Loading @@ -195,3 +196,4 @@ FOOTNOTES *12 = requires libz *13 = requires libmetalink, and either an Apple or Microsoft operating system, or OpenSSL, or GnuTLS, or NSS *14 = requires a GSS-API implementation (such as Heimdal or MIT Kerberos) docs/KNOWN_BUGS +3 −3 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -216,9 +216,9 @@ may have been fixed since this was written! acknowledged after the actual TCP connect (during the SOCKS "negotiate" phase). 10. To get HTTP Negotiate authentication to work fine, you need to provide a (fake) user name (this concerns both curl and the lib) because the code wrongly only considers authentication if there's a user name provided. 10. To get HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication to work fine, you need to provide a (fake) user name (this concerns both curl and the lib) because the code wrongly only considers authentication if there's a user name provided. http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=440 How? http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2004-08/0182.html Loading docs/MANUAL +4 −4 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ USING PASSWORDS curl -u name:passwd http://machine.domain/full/path/to/file HTTP offers many different methods of authentication and curl supports several: Basic, Digest, NTLM and Negotiate. Without telling which method to use, curl defaults to Basic. You can also ask curl to pick the most secure ones out of the ones that the server accepts for the given URL, by using --anyauth. several: Basic, Digest, NTLM and Negotiate (SPNEGO). Without telling which method to use, curl defaults to Basic. You can also ask curl to pick the most secure ones out of the ones that the server accepts for the given URL, by using --anyauth. NOTE! According to the URL specification, HTTP URLs can not contain a user and password, so that style will not work when using curl via a proxy, even Loading docs/curl.1 +14 −21 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ .\" * .\" ************************************************************************** .\" .TH curl 1 "27 July 2012" "Curl 7.27.0" "Curl Manual" .TH curl 1 "2 Aug 2014" "Curl 7.38.0" "Curl Manual" .SH NAME curl \- transfer a URL .SH SYNOPSIS Loading Loading @@ -827,9 +827,8 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. should be one of 'clear', 'safe', 'confidential', or 'private'. Should you use a level that is not one of these, 'private' will instead be used. This option requires a library built with kerberos4 or GSSAPI (GSS-Negotiate) support. This is not very common. Use \fI-V, --version\fP to see if your curl supports it. This option requires a library built with kerberos4 support. This is not very common. Use \fI-V, --version\fP to see if your curl supports it. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-l, --list-only" Loading Loading @@ -1024,18 +1023,13 @@ Very similar to \fI--netrc\fP, but this option makes the .netrc usage \fBoptional\fP and not mandatory as the \fI--netrc\fP option does. .IP "--negotiate" (HTTP) Enables GSS-Negotiate authentication. The GSS-Negotiate method was designed by Microsoft and is used in their web applications. It is primarily meant as a support for Kerberos5 authentication but may be also used along with another authentication method. For more information see IETF draft draft-brezak-spnego-http-04.txt. (HTTP) Enables Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication. If you want to enable Negotiate for your proxy authentication, then use If you want to enable Negotiate (SPNEGO) for proxy authentication, then use \fI--proxy-negotiate\fP. This option requires a library built with GSSAPI support. This is not very common. Use \fI-V, --version\fP to see if your version supports GSS-Negotiate. This option requires a library built with GSS-API or SSPI support. Use \fI-V, --version\fP to see if your curl supports GSS-API/SSPI and SPNEGO. When using this option, you must also provide a fake \fI-u, --user\fP option to activate the authentication code properly. Sending a '-u :' is enough as the Loading Loading @@ -1254,8 +1248,8 @@ the default authentication method curl uses with proxies. Tells curl to use HTTP Digest authentication when communicating with the given proxy. Use \fI--digest\fP for enabling HTTP Digest with a remote host. .IP "--proxy-negotiate" Tells curl to use HTTP Negotiate authentication when communicating with the given proxy. Use \fI--negotiate\fP for enabling HTTP Negotiate Tells curl to use HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication when communicating with the given proxy. Use \fI--negotiate\fP for enabling HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) with a remote host. (Added in 7.17.1) .IP "--proxy-ntlm" Tells curl to use HTTP NTLM authentication when communicating with the given Loading Loading @@ -1518,7 +1512,7 @@ sockd/proxy-name --socks5 proxy-name \fI--socks5-gssapi-service\fP sockd/real-name would use sockd/real-name for cases where the proxy-name does not match the principal name. (Added in 7.19.4). .IP "--socks5-gssapi-nec" As part of the gssapi negotiation a protection mode is negotiated. RFC 1961 As part of the GSS-API negotiation a protection mode is negotiated. RFC 1961 says in section 4.3/4.4 it should be protected, but the NEC reference implementation does not. The option \fI--socks5-gssapi-nec\fP allows the unprotected exchange of the protection mode negotiation. (Added in 7.19.4). Loading Loading @@ -1917,22 +1911,21 @@ HTTPS and FTPS are supported. Automatic decompression of compressed files over HTTP is supported. .IP "NTLM" NTLM authentication is supported. .IP "GSS-Negotiate" Negotiate authentication and krb5 for FTP is supported. .IP "Debug" This curl uses a libcurl built with Debug. This enables more error-tracking and memory debugging etc. For curl-developers only! .IP "AsynchDNS" This curl uses asynchronous name resolves. .IP "SPNEGO" SPNEGO Negotiate authentication is supported. SPNEGO authentication is supported. .IP "Largefile" This curl supports transfers of large files, files larger than 2GB. .IP "IDN" This curl supports IDN - international domain names. .IP "GSS-API" GSS-API is supported. .IP "SSPI" SSPI is supported. If you use Negotiate or NTLM authentication and set a blank user name, curl will authenticate with your current user and password. SSPI is supported. .IP "TLS-SRP" SRP (Secure Remote Password) authentication is supported for TLS. .IP "Metalink" Loading Loading
docs/FAQ +2 −2 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ FAQ POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP. libcurl supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, kerberos, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password Kerberos, SPNEGO, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication, file transfer resume, http proxy tunneling and more! libcurl is highly portable, it builds and works identically on numerous platforms, including Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin, HPUX, platforms, including Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin, HP-UX, IRIX, AIX, Tru64, Linux, UnixWare, HURD, Windows, Amiga, OS/2, BeOS, Mac OS X, Ultrix, QNX, OpenVMS, RISC OS, Novell NetWare, DOS, Symbian, OSF, Android, Minix, IBM TPF and more... Loading
docs/FEATURES +6 −4 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ HTTP - POST - Pipelining - multipart formpost (RFC1867-style) - authentication: Basic, Digest, NTLM (*9), Negotiate (*3) and to server and proxy - authentication: Basic, Digest, NTLM (*9) and Negotiate (SPNEGO) (*3) to server and proxy - resume (both GET and PUT) - follow redirects - maximum amount of redirects to follow Loading Loading @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ FTP - download - authentication - kerberos4 (*5) - kerberos5 (*3) - Kerberos 5 (*14) - active/passive using PORT, EPRT, PASV or EPSV - single file size information (compare to HTTP HEAD) - 'type=' URL support Loading Loading @@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ FOOTNOTES *1 = requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, yassl, axTLS, PolarSSL, WinSSL (native Windows), Secure Transport (native iOS/OS X) or qssl (native IBM i) *2 = requires OpenLDAP *3 = requires a GSSAPI-compliant library, such as Heimdal or similar *3 = requires a GSS-API implementation (such as Heimdal or MIT Kerberos) or SSPI (native Windows) *4 = requires nghttp2 and possibly a recent TLS library *5 = requires a krb4 library, such as the MIT one or similar *6 = requires c-ares Loading @@ -195,3 +196,4 @@ FOOTNOTES *12 = requires libz *13 = requires libmetalink, and either an Apple or Microsoft operating system, or OpenSSL, or GnuTLS, or NSS *14 = requires a GSS-API implementation (such as Heimdal or MIT Kerberos)
docs/KNOWN_BUGS +3 −3 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -216,9 +216,9 @@ may have been fixed since this was written! acknowledged after the actual TCP connect (during the SOCKS "negotiate" phase). 10. To get HTTP Negotiate authentication to work fine, you need to provide a (fake) user name (this concerns both curl and the lib) because the code wrongly only considers authentication if there's a user name provided. 10. To get HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication to work fine, you need to provide a (fake) user name (this concerns both curl and the lib) because the code wrongly only considers authentication if there's a user name provided. http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=440 How? http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2004-08/0182.html Loading
docs/MANUAL +4 −4 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ USING PASSWORDS curl -u name:passwd http://machine.domain/full/path/to/file HTTP offers many different methods of authentication and curl supports several: Basic, Digest, NTLM and Negotiate. Without telling which method to use, curl defaults to Basic. You can also ask curl to pick the most secure ones out of the ones that the server accepts for the given URL, by using --anyauth. several: Basic, Digest, NTLM and Negotiate (SPNEGO). Without telling which method to use, curl defaults to Basic. You can also ask curl to pick the most secure ones out of the ones that the server accepts for the given URL, by using --anyauth. NOTE! According to the URL specification, HTTP URLs can not contain a user and password, so that style will not work when using curl via a proxy, even Loading
docs/curl.1 +14 −21 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ .\" * .\" ************************************************************************** .\" .TH curl 1 "27 July 2012" "Curl 7.27.0" "Curl Manual" .TH curl 1 "2 Aug 2014" "Curl 7.38.0" "Curl Manual" .SH NAME curl \- transfer a URL .SH SYNOPSIS Loading Loading @@ -827,9 +827,8 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. should be one of 'clear', 'safe', 'confidential', or 'private'. Should you use a level that is not one of these, 'private' will instead be used. This option requires a library built with kerberos4 or GSSAPI (GSS-Negotiate) support. This is not very common. Use \fI-V, --version\fP to see if your curl supports it. This option requires a library built with kerberos4 support. This is not very common. Use \fI-V, --version\fP to see if your curl supports it. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-l, --list-only" Loading Loading @@ -1024,18 +1023,13 @@ Very similar to \fI--netrc\fP, but this option makes the .netrc usage \fBoptional\fP and not mandatory as the \fI--netrc\fP option does. .IP "--negotiate" (HTTP) Enables GSS-Negotiate authentication. The GSS-Negotiate method was designed by Microsoft and is used in their web applications. It is primarily meant as a support for Kerberos5 authentication but may be also used along with another authentication method. For more information see IETF draft draft-brezak-spnego-http-04.txt. (HTTP) Enables Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication. If you want to enable Negotiate for your proxy authentication, then use If you want to enable Negotiate (SPNEGO) for proxy authentication, then use \fI--proxy-negotiate\fP. This option requires a library built with GSSAPI support. This is not very common. Use \fI-V, --version\fP to see if your version supports GSS-Negotiate. This option requires a library built with GSS-API or SSPI support. Use \fI-V, --version\fP to see if your curl supports GSS-API/SSPI and SPNEGO. When using this option, you must also provide a fake \fI-u, --user\fP option to activate the authentication code properly. Sending a '-u :' is enough as the Loading Loading @@ -1254,8 +1248,8 @@ the default authentication method curl uses with proxies. Tells curl to use HTTP Digest authentication when communicating with the given proxy. Use \fI--digest\fP for enabling HTTP Digest with a remote host. .IP "--proxy-negotiate" Tells curl to use HTTP Negotiate authentication when communicating with the given proxy. Use \fI--negotiate\fP for enabling HTTP Negotiate Tells curl to use HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication when communicating with the given proxy. Use \fI--negotiate\fP for enabling HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) with a remote host. (Added in 7.17.1) .IP "--proxy-ntlm" Tells curl to use HTTP NTLM authentication when communicating with the given Loading Loading @@ -1518,7 +1512,7 @@ sockd/proxy-name --socks5 proxy-name \fI--socks5-gssapi-service\fP sockd/real-name would use sockd/real-name for cases where the proxy-name does not match the principal name. (Added in 7.19.4). .IP "--socks5-gssapi-nec" As part of the gssapi negotiation a protection mode is negotiated. RFC 1961 As part of the GSS-API negotiation a protection mode is negotiated. RFC 1961 says in section 4.3/4.4 it should be protected, but the NEC reference implementation does not. The option \fI--socks5-gssapi-nec\fP allows the unprotected exchange of the protection mode negotiation. (Added in 7.19.4). Loading Loading @@ -1917,22 +1911,21 @@ HTTPS and FTPS are supported. Automatic decompression of compressed files over HTTP is supported. .IP "NTLM" NTLM authentication is supported. .IP "GSS-Negotiate" Negotiate authentication and krb5 for FTP is supported. .IP "Debug" This curl uses a libcurl built with Debug. This enables more error-tracking and memory debugging etc. For curl-developers only! .IP "AsynchDNS" This curl uses asynchronous name resolves. .IP "SPNEGO" SPNEGO Negotiate authentication is supported. SPNEGO authentication is supported. .IP "Largefile" This curl supports transfers of large files, files larger than 2GB. .IP "IDN" This curl supports IDN - international domain names. .IP "GSS-API" GSS-API is supported. .IP "SSPI" SSPI is supported. If you use Negotiate or NTLM authentication and set a blank user name, curl will authenticate with your current user and password. SSPI is supported. .IP "TLS-SRP" SRP (Secure Remote Password) authentication is supported for TLS. .IP "Metalink" Loading