Commit ec2ad57c authored by Dan Fandrich's avatar Dan Fandrich
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Mention GnuTLS and fix a few spelling errors.

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@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ FAQ
  cURL is the name of the project. The name is a play on 'Client for URLs',
  originally with URL spelled in uppercase to make it obvious it deals with
  URLs. The fact it can also be pronounced 'see URL' also helped, it works as
  an abbrivation for "Client URL Request Library" or why not the recursive
  an abbreviation for "Client URL Request Library" or why not the recursive
  version: "Curl URL Request Library".

  The cURL project produces two products:
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ FAQ

  2.2 Does curl work/build with other SSL libraries?

  Curl has been written to use OpenSSL, although there should not be much
  problems using a different library. If anyone does "port" curl to use a
  Curl has been written to use OpenSSL or GnuTLS, although there should not be
  many problems using a different library. If anyone does "port" curl to use a
  different SSL library, we are of course very interested in getting the
  patch!

@@ -507,9 +507,9 @@ FAQ
    If the server doesn't require this, you don't need a client certificate.

  - Server certificate. The server you communicate with has a server
    certificate. You can and should verify this certficate to make sure that
    certificate. You can and should verify this certificate to make sure that
    you are truly talking to the real server and not a server impersonating
    it. The server certificate verifaction process is made by using a
    it. The server certificate verification process is made by using a
    Certificate Authority certificate ("CA cert") that was used to sign the
    server certificate. Server certificate verification is enabled by default
    in curl and libcurl and is often the reason for problems as explained in
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ FAQ

  Yes.

  We have written the libcurl code specificly adjusted for multi-threaded
  We have written the libcurl code specifically adjusted for multi-threaded
  programs. libcurl will use thread-safe functions instead of non-safe ones if
  your system has such.