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Mention GnuTLS and fix a few spelling errors.

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Dan Fandrich 2005-04-13 19:31:00 +00:00
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cURL is the name of the project. The name is a play on 'Client for URLs',
originally with URL spelled in uppercase to make it obvious it deals with
URLs. The fact it can also be pronounced 'see URL' also helped, it works as
an abbrivation for "Client URL Request Library" or why not the recursive
an abbreviation for "Client URL Request Library" or why not the recursive
version: "Curl URL Request Library".
The cURL project produces two products:
@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ FAQ
2.2 Does curl work/build with other SSL libraries?
Curl has been written to use OpenSSL, although there should not be much
problems using a different library. If anyone does "port" curl to use a
Curl has been written to use OpenSSL or GnuTLS, although there should not be
many problems using a different library. If anyone does "port" curl to use a
different SSL library, we are of course very interested in getting the
patch!
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If the server doesn't require this, you don't need a client certificate.
- Server certificate. The server you communicate with has a server
certificate. You can and should verify this certficate to make sure that
certificate. You can and should verify this certificate to make sure that
you are truly talking to the real server and not a server impersonating
it. The server certificate verifaction process is made by using a
it. The server certificate verification process is made by using a
Certificate Authority certificate ("CA cert") that was used to sign the
server certificate. Server certificate verification is enabled by default
in curl and libcurl and is often the reason for problems as explained in
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Yes.
We have written the libcurl code specificly adjusted for multi-threaded
We have written the libcurl code specifically adjusted for multi-threaded
programs. libcurl will use thread-safe functions instead of non-safe ones if
your system has such.