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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 24 |
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index 4eeaac79d..ea66ace5b 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ The main point of this would be that the write callback gets called more often and with smaller chunks. This is just treated as a request, not an order. You cannot be guaranteed to actually get the given size. (Added in 7.10) .PP -.SH NAMES and PASSWORDS OPTIONS +.SH NAMES and PASSWORDS OPTIONS (Authentication) .TP 0.4i .B CURLOPT_NETRC This parameter controls the preference of libcurl between using user names and @@ -322,15 +322,31 @@ prompt function. When using HTTP and CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, libcurl might perform several requests to possibly different hosts. libcurl will only send this user and -password information to hosts using the initial host name, so if libcurl -follows locations to other hosts it will not send the user and password to -those. This is enforced to prevent accidental information leakage. +password information to hosts using the initial host name (unless +CURLOPT_UNRESTRICTED_AUTH is set), so if libcurl follows locations to other +hosts it will not send the user and password to those. This is enforced to +prevent accidental information leakage. .TP .B CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD Pass a char * as parameter, which should be [user name]:[password] to use for the connection to the HTTP proxy. If the password is left out, you will be prompted for it. \fICURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION\fP can be used to set your own prompt function. +.TP +.B CURLOPT_HTTPDIGEST +Pass a long set to a non-zero value to enable HTTP Digest authentication. +Digest authentication is defined in RFC2617 and is a somewhat more secure way +to do user+password checking over public networks than the regular +old-fashioned Basic authentication. By default, libcurl uses Basic. Set name +and password with the CURLOPT_USERPWD option. (Added in 7.10.6) +.TP +.B CURLOPT_HTTPNEGOTIATE +Pass a long set to a non-zero value to enable HTTP Negotiate authentication. +The Negotiate method was designed by Microsoft and is used in their web +aplications. It is primarily meant as a support for Kerberos5 authentication +but may be also used along with another authentication methods. For more +information see IETF draft draft-brezak-spnego-http-04.txt. Set name and +password with the CURLOPT_USERPWD option. (Added in 7.10.6) .PP .SH HTTP OPTIONS .TP 0.4i |