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diff --git a/docs/FEATURES b/docs/FEATURES index 32589e1d..10fbdd57 100644 --- a/docs/FEATURES +++ b/docs/FEATURES @@ -13,27 +13,29 @@ curl tool - multiple file upload on a single command line - custom maximum transfer rate - redirectable stderr + - metalink support (*13) -libcurl supports +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/time specs while downloading + - 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 - - persistant connections - - socks5 support - - supports user name + password in proxy environment variables + - persistent connections + - socks 4 + 5 support, with or without local name resolving + - supports user name and password in proxy environment variables - operations through proxy "tunnel" (using CONNECT) - - supports large files (>2GB and >4GB) both upload/download - - replacable memory functions (malloc, free, realloc, etc) + - 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) @@ -43,8 +45,8 @@ HTTP - POST - Pipelining - multipart formpost (RFC1867-style) - - authentication: Basic, Digest, NTLM(*9), GSS-Negotiate/Negotiate(*3) and - SPNEGO (*4) to server and proxy + - authentication: Basic, Digest, NTLM (*9) and Negotiate (SPNEGO) (*3) + to server and proxy - resume (both GET and PUT) - follow redirects - maximum amount of redirects to follow @@ -53,14 +55,16 @@ HTTP - reads/writes the netscape cookie file format - custom headers (replace/remove internally generated headers) - custom user-agent string - - custom referer string + - custom referrer string - range - proxy authentication - time conditions - via http-proxy - retrieve file modification date - Content-Encoding support for deflate and gzip - - "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" support for "uploads" + - "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" support in uploads + - data compression (*12) + - HTTP/2 (*5) HTTPS (*1) - (all the HTTP features) @@ -68,12 +72,12 @@ HTTPS (*1) - verify server certificate - via http-proxy - select desired encryption - - force usage of a specific SSL version (SSLv2(*7), SSLv3 or TLSv1) + - force usage of a specific SSL version (SSLv2 (*7), SSLv3 (*10) or TLSv1) FTP - download - authentication - - kerberos4 (*5), kerberos5 (*3) + - Kerberos 5 (*14) - active/passive using PORT, EPRT, PASV or EPSV - single file size information (compare to HTTP HEAD) - 'type=' URL support @@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ FTP FTPS (*1) - implicit ftps:// support that use SSL on both connections - - explicit "AUTH TSL" and "AUTH SSL" usage to "upgrade" plain ftp:// + - explicit "AUTH TLS" and "AUTH SSL" usage to "upgrade" plain ftp:// connection to use SSL for both or one of the connections SCP (*8) @@ -104,7 +108,8 @@ SFTP (*8) - with custom commands sent before/after the transfer TFTP - - download / upload + - download + - upload TELNET - connection negotiation @@ -119,18 +124,83 @@ DICT FILE - URL support - - "uploads" + - upload - resume +SMB + - SMBv1 over TCP and SSL + - download + - upload + - authentication with NTLMv1 + +SMTP + - authentication: Plain, Login, CRAM-MD5, Digest-MD5, NTLM (*9), Kerberos 5 + (*4) and External. + - 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, NTLM (*9), + Kerberos 5 (*4) and External. + - 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, NTLM (*9), + Kerberos 5 (*4) and External. + - list the folders of a mailbox + - select a mailbox with support for verifying the UIDVALIDITY + - fetch e-mails with support for specifying 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 or PolarSSL + *1 = requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, yassl, axTLS, PolarSSL, WinSSL (native + Windows), Secure Transport (native iOS/OS X) or GSKit (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. + *3 = requires a GSS-API implementation (such as Heimdal or MIT Kerberos) or + SSPI (native Windows) + *4 = requires a GSS-API implementation, however, only Windows SSPI is + currently supported + *5 = requires nghttp2 and possibly a recent TLS library *6 = requires c-ares - *7 = requires OpenSSL or NSS, as GnuTLS only supports SSLv3 and TLSv1 + *7 = requires OpenSSL, NSS, GSKit, WinSSL or Secure Transport; GnuTLS, for + example, only supports SSLv3 and TLSv1 *8 = requires libssh2 - *9 = requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS or yassl + *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 + *14 = requires a GSS-API implementation (such as Heimdal or MIT Kerberos) |