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docs: Update SPNEGO and GSS-API related doc sections

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Reflect recent changes in SPNEGO and GSS-API code in the docs.
Update them with appropriate namings and remove visible spots for
GSS-Negotiate.
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Michael Osipov
2014-08-02 13:51:18 +01:00
committed by Steve Holme
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docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH.3
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
.\" *
.\" **************************************************************************
.\"
.TH CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.TH CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH 3 "2 Aug 2014" "libcurl 7.38.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH \- set HTTP server authentication methods to try
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -56,14 +56,12 @@ defined in RFC2617 and is a more secure way to do authentication over public
networks than the regular old-fashioned Basic method. The IE flavor is simply
that libcurl will use a special "quirk" that IE is known to have used before
version 7 and that some servers require the client to use.
.IP CURLAUTH_GSSNEGOTIATE
HTTP GSS-Negotiate authentication. The GSS-Negotiate (also known as plain
\&"Negotiate") method was designed by Microsoft and is used in their web
applications. It is primarily meant as a support for Kerberos5 authentication
but may also be used along with other authentication methods. For more
information see IETF draft draft-brezak-spnego-http-04.txt.
.IP CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE
HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication. Negotiate authentication is defined
in RFC 4559 and is the most secure way to perform authentication over HTTP.
You need to build libcurl with a suitable GSS-API library for this to work.
You need to build libcurl with a suitable GSS-API library or SSPI on Windows
for this to work.
.IP CURLAUTH_NTLM
HTTP NTLM authentication. A proprietary protocol invented and used by
Microsoft. It uses a challenge-response and hash concept similar to Digest, to