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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index ffd9e7c57..469ba9ad6 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -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 @@ -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" @@ -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 @@ -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 @@ -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). @@ -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" |