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authorDan Fandrich <dan@coneharvesters.com>2009-11-03 19:07:19 +0000
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Updated systems, bindings, NTLM support
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-Updated: Oct 22, 2009 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)
+Updated: Nov 3, 2009 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)
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@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ FAQ
libcurl is highly portable, it builds and works identically on numerous
platforms, including Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin, HPUX,
IRIX, AIX, Tru64, Linux, UnixWare, HURD, Windows, Amiga, OS/2, BeOs, Mac
- OS X, Ultrix, QNX, OpenVMS, RISC OS, Novell NetWare, DOS and more...
+ OS X, Ultrix, QNX, OpenVMS, RISC OS, Novell NetWare, DOS, Symbian, OSF,
+ Android, Minix, IBM TPF and more...
libcurl is free, thread-safe, IPv6 compatible, feature rich, well
supported and fast.
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ FAQ
and logs and check out why the configure script doesn't find the SSL libs
and/or include files.
- Also, check out the other paragraph in this FAQ labeled "configure doesn't
+ Also, check out the other paragraph in this FAQ labelled "configure doesn't
find OpenSSL even when it is installed".
3.2 How do I tell curl to resume a transfer?
@@ -510,12 +511,13 @@ FAQ
install and use them, in the libcurl section of the curl web site:
http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/
- In February 2007, there are interfaces available for the following
- languages: Ada95, Basic, C, C++, Ch, Cocoa, D, Dylan, Euphoria, Ferite,
- Gambas, glib/GTK+, Java, Lisp, Lua, Mono, .NET, Object-Pascal, O'Caml,
- Pascal, Perl, PHP, PostgreSQL, Python, R, Rexx, Ruby, Scheme, S-Lang,
- Smalltalk, SPL, Tcl, Visual Basic, Q, wxwidgets and XBLite. By the time you
- read this, additional ones may have appeared!
+ In October 2009, there were interfaces available for the following
+ languages: Ada95, Basic, C, C++, Ch, Cocoa, D, Dylan, Eiffel, Euphoria,
+ Ferite, Gambas, glib/GTK+, Haskell, ILE/RPG, Java, Lisp, Lua, Mono, .NET,
+ Object-Pascal, O'Caml, Pascal, Perl, PHP, PostgreSQL, Python, R, Rexx, Ruby,
+ Scheme, S-Lang, Smalltalk, SP-Forth, SPL, Tcl, Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro,
+ Q, wxwidgets and XBLite. By the time you read this, additional ones may have
+ appeared!
3.10 What about SOAP, WebDAV, XML-RPC or similar protocols over HTTP?
@@ -581,7 +583,7 @@ FAQ
the name of the proxy to connect to. Since curl doesn't support Javascript,
it can't support .pac proxy configuration either.
- Some work-arounds usually suggested to overcome this Javascript dependency:
+ Some workarounds usually suggested to overcome this Javascript dependency:
- Depending on the Javascript complexity, write up a script that
translates it to another language and execute that.
@@ -799,9 +801,9 @@ FAQ
4.9 Curl can't authenticate to the server that requires NTLM?
This is supported in curl 7.10.6 or later. No earlier curl version knows
- of this magic. Later versions require the OpenSSL or Microsoft Windows
- libraries to provide this functionality. Using the NSS library will
- not provide NTLM authentication functionality in curl.
+ of this magic. Later versions require the OpenSSL, GnuTLS or Microsoft
+ Windows libraries to provide this functionality. Using the NSS library
+ will not provide NTLM authentication functionality in curl.
NTLM is a Microsoft proprietary protocol. Proprietary formats are evil. You
should not use such ones.