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diff --git a/libs/libcurl/docs/FEATURES b/libs/libcurl/docs/FEATURES new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..14d7e78ddb --- /dev/null +++ b/libs/libcurl/docs/FEATURES @@ -0,0 +1,196 @@ + _ _ ____ _ + ___| | | | _ \| | + / __| | | | |_) | | + | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ + \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| + +FEATURES + +curl tool + - config file support + - multiple URLs in a single command line + - range "globbing" support: [0-13], {one,two,three} + - multiple file upload on a single command line + - custom maximum transfer rate + - redirectable stderr + - metalink support (*13) + +libcurl + - full URL syntax with no length limit + - custom maximum download time + - custom least download speed acceptable + - custom output result after completion + - guesses protocol from host name unless specified + - uses .netrc + - progress bar with time statistics while downloading + - "standard" proxy environment variables support + - compiles on win32 (reported builds on 40+ operating systems) + - selectable network interface for outgoing traffic + - IPv6 support on unix and Windows + - persistent connections + - socks5 support + - supports user name and password in proxy environment variables + - operations through proxy "tunnel" (using CONNECT) + - support for large files (>2GB and >4GB) during upload and download + - replaceable memory functions (malloc, free, realloc, etc) + - asynchronous name resolving (*6) + - both a push and a pull style interface + - international domain names (*11) + +HTTP + - HTTP/1.1 compliant (optionally uses 1.0) + - GET + - PUT + - HEAD + - POST + - Pipelining + - multipart formpost (RFC1867-style) + - authentication: Basic, Digest, NTLM (*9), GSS-Negotiate/Negotiate (*3) and + SPNEGO (*4) to server and proxy + - resume (both GET and PUT) + - follow redirects + - maximum amount of redirects to follow + - custom HTTP request + - cookie get/send fully parsed + - reads/writes the netscape cookie file format + - custom headers (replace/remove internally generated headers) + - custom user-agent string + - custom referer string + - range + - proxy authentication + - time conditions + - via http-proxy + - retrieve file modification date + - Content-Encoding support for deflate and gzip + - "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" support in uploads + - data compression (*12) + +HTTPS (*1) + - (all the HTTP features) + - using client certificates + - verify server certificate + - via http-proxy + - select desired encryption + - force usage of a specific SSL version (SSLv2 (*7), SSLv3 (*10) or TLSv1) + +FTP + - download + - authentication + - kerberos4 (*5) + - kerberos5 (*3) + - active/passive using PORT, EPRT, PASV or EPSV + - single file size information (compare to HTTP HEAD) + - 'type=' URL support + - dir listing + - dir listing names-only + - upload + - upload append + - upload via http-proxy as HTTP PUT + - download resume + - upload resume + - custom ftp commands (before and/or after the transfer) + - simple "range" support + - via http-proxy + - all operations can be tunneled through a http-proxy + - customizable to retrieve file modification date + - no dir depth limit + +FTPS (*1) + - implicit ftps:// support that use SSL on both connections + - explicit "AUTH TLS" and "AUTH SSL" usage to "upgrade" plain ftp:// + connection to use SSL for both or one of the connections + +SCP (*8) + - both password and public key auth + +SFTP (*8) + - both password and public key auth + - with custom commands sent before/after the transfer + +TFTP + - download + - upload + +TELNET + - connection negotiation + - custom telnet options + - stdin/stdout I/O + +LDAP (*2) + - full LDAP URL support + +DICT + - extended DICT URL support + +FILE + - URL support + - upload + - resume + +SMTP + - authentication: Plain, Login, CRAM-MD5, Digest-MD5 and NTLM (*9) + - send e-mails + - mail from support + - mail size support + - mail auth support for trusted server-to-server relaying + - multiple recipients + - via http-proxy + +SMTPS (*1) + - implicit smtps:// support + - explicit "STARTTLS" usage to "upgrade" plain smtp:// connections to use SSL + - via http-proxy + +POP3 + - authentication: Clear Text, APOP and SASL + - SASL based authentication: Plain, Login, CRAM-MD5, Digest-MD5 and + NTLM (*9) + - list e-mails + - retrieve e-mails + - enhanced command support for: CAPA, DELE, TOP, STAT, UIDL and NOOP via + custom requests + - via http-proxy + +POP3S (*1) + - implicit pop3s:// support + - explicit "STLS" usage to "upgrade" plain pop3:// connections to use SSL + - via http-proxy + +IMAP + - authentication: Clear Text and SASL + - SASL based authentication: Plain, Login, CRAM-MD5, Digest-MD5 and + NTLM (*9) + - list the folders of a mailbox + - select a mailbox with support for verifing the UIDVALIDITY + - fetch e-mails with support for specifing the UID and SECTION + - upload e-mails via the append command + - enhanced command support for: EXAMINE, CREATE, DELETE, RENAME, STATUS, + STORE, COPY and UID via custom requests + - via http-proxy + +IMAPS (*1) + - implicit imaps:// support + - explicit "STARTTLS" usage to "upgrade" plain imap:// connections to use SSL + - via http-proxy + +FOOTNOTES +========= + + *1 = requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, yassl, axTLS, PolarSSL, schannel (native + Windows), Secure Transport (native iOS/OS X) or qssl (native IBM i) + *2 = requires OpenLDAP + *3 = requires a GSSAPI-compliant library, such as Heimdal or similar + *4 = requires FBopenssl + *5 = requires a krb4 library, such as the MIT one or similar + *6 = requires c-ares + *7 = requires OpenSSL, NSS, qssl, schannel or Secure Transport; GnuTLS, for + example, only supports SSLv3 and TLSv1 + *8 = requires libssh2 + *9 = requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, yassl, Secure Transport or SSPI (native + Windows) + *10 = requires any of the SSL libraries in (*1) above other than axTLS, which + does not support SSLv3 + *11 = requires libidn or Windows + *12 = requires libz + *13 = requires libmetalink, and either an Apple or Microsoft operating + system, or OpenSSL, or GnuTLS, or NSS |