From: Daniel Gustafsson Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 11:40:12 +0000 (+0200) Subject: FAQ: remove opinionated sentence on NTLM X-Git-Tag: curl-7_84_0~163 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7652310e984e52d4b0d0bca56047519f482b768a;p=thirdparty%2Fcurl.git FAQ: remove opinionated sentence on NTLM curl is a tool that support many different things, and it doesn't really seem like our job to tell other what to use (as they might not have much say in the matter even). Also tidy up wording. Closes: #8886 Reviewed-by: Daniel Stenberg --- diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ index 48cb903f30..375715dc96 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ +++ b/docs/FAQ @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ FAQ 4.6 Can you tell me what error code 142 means? 4.7 How do I keep user names and passwords secret in curl command lines? 4.8 I found a bug - 4.9 curl cannot authenticate to the server that requires NTLM? + 4.9 curl cannot authenticate to a server that requires NTLM? 4.10 My HTTP request using HEAD, PUT or DELETE does not work 4.11 Why do my HTTP range requests return the full document? 4.12 Why do I get "certificate verify failed" ? @@ -899,14 +899,11 @@ FAQ If there is a bug, read the BUGS document first. Then report it as described in there. - 4.9 curl cannot authenticate to the server that requires NTLM? + 4.9 curl cannot authenticate to a server that requires NTLM? NTLM support requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, mbedTLS, NSS, Secure Transport, or Microsoft Windows libraries at build-time to provide this functionality. - NTLM is a Microsoft proprietary protocol. Proprietary formats are evil. You - should not use such ones. - 4.10 My HTTP request using HEAD, PUT or DELETE does not work Many web servers allow or demand that the administrator configures the