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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2004-11-24 16:11:35 +0000
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2004-11-24 16:11:35 +0000
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HTTP "auth done right". See lib/README.httpauth
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determined. Possibly the current transfer speed should be taken into
account as well.
+ NOTE: if the size of the POST data is less than MAX_INITIAL_POST_SIZE (when
+ CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS is used), libcurl will send everything in one single
+ write() (all request-headers and request-body) and thus it will
+ unconditionally send the full post data here.
+
2. PUT/POST with multi-pass auth but not yet completely negotiated:
Send a PUT/POST request, we know that it will be rejected and thus we claim