diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ index 8b15f5c57..687257452 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ +++ b/docs/FAQ @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Updated: December 30, 2000 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml) +Updated: January 2, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml) _ _ ____ _ ___| | | | _ \| | / __| | | | |_) | | @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ FAQ Curl supports a range of common internet protocols, currently including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, GOPHER, LDAP, DICT and FILE. + Please spell it cURL or just curl. + 1.2 What is libcurl? libcurl is the engine inside curl that does all the work. curl is more or @@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ FAQ Curl supports resume both ways on FTP, download ways on HTTP. - Try the -c and -C options. + Try the -C option. 3.3. Why doesn't my posting using -F work? @@ -359,9 +361,9 @@ FAQ 4.6. Can you tell me what error code 142 means? All error codes that are larger than the highest documented error code means - that curl has existed due to a timeout. There is currently no nice way for - curl to abort from such a condition and that's why it gets this undocumented - error. This should be changed in releases after 7.4.1. + that curl has existed due to a timeout. There was no nice way for curl to + abort from such a condition and that's why it got this undocumented + error. This should not occur in releases after 7.4.1. 4.7. How do I keep usernames and passwords secret in Curl command lines? @@ -377,6 +379,10 @@ FAQ at least hide them from being read by human eyes, but that is not what anyone would call security. + Also note that regular HTTP and FTP passwords are sent in clear across the + network. All it takes for anyone to fetch them is to listen on the network. + Evesdropping is very easy. + 4.8 I found a bug! It is not a bug if the behaviour is documented. Read the docs first. diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h index ba25254c4..f744e2117 100644 --- a/include/curl/curl.h +++ b/include/curl/curl.h @@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ char *curl_getenv(char *variable); char *curl_version(void); /* This is the version number */ -#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.5.1" -#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070501 +#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.5.2-pre1" +#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070502 /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */ struct curl_slist { diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h index 57dca0df4..f3a9fa1be 100644 --- a/src/version.h +++ b/src/version.h @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ #define CURL_NAME "curl" -#define CURL_VERSION "7.5" +#define CURL_VERSION "7.5.2-pre1" #define CURL_ID CURL_NAME " " CURL_VERSION " (" OS ") "