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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION.3')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION.3 index 3a32caef5..1ca8e34fc 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION.3 @@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ returned. \fICURLOPT_MAXREDIRS(3)\fP can be used to limit the number of redirects libcurl will follow. libcurl can limit to what protocols it will automatically follow. The accepted -protocols are set with \fICURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS(3)\fP and it excludes the -FILE protocol by default. +protocols are set with \fICURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS(3)\fP. By default libcurl +will allow all protocols on redirect except several disabled for security +reasons: Since 7.19.4 FILE and SCP are disabled, and since 7.40.0 SMB and SMBS +are also disabled. For users who think the existing location following is too naive, too simple or just lacks features, it is very easy to instead implement your own redirect |