X-Git-Url: http://sjero.net/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=8e9db74ff7fb82b2d553d40b5901239e135ff928;hb=0640c88e3c70bee335161c11e76a1fa9fc267b6c;hp=24e2d4a43658f3547ea3f8e801d78bb9218c3cb3;hpb=7554f9ebe7ae2b91212dfd2de1b2c7b9445b3f24;p=wget diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 24e2d4a4..8e9db74f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -7,19 +7,15 @@ Please send GNU Wget bug reports to . * Changes in Wget 1.10. -** Downloading files greater than 2GB, also known as "large files", -now works on systems that support them. This includes most modern -Unix variants, as well as Windows. +** Downloading files larger than 2GB, sometimes referred to as "large +files", now works on systems that support them. This includes the +majority of modern Unixes, as well as MS Windows. ** IPv6 is now supported by Wget. Unlike the experimental code in -1.9, this version has no problems with dual-family systems. The new -flags `--inet4' and `--inet6' (or `-4' and `-6' for short) force the -use of IPv4 and IPv6 respectively. Unfortunately the IPv6 support -still does not work on Windows. - -** Talking to SSL servers over proxies now actually works. Previous -versions of Wget erroneously sent GET requests for SSL URLs. Wget -1.10 utilizes the CONNECT method designed for this purpose. +1.9, this version supports dual-family systems. The new flags +`--inet4' and `--inet6' (or `-4' and `-6' for short) force the use of +IPv4 and IPv6 respectively. Note that IPv6 support has not yet been +tested on Windows. ** Microsoft's proprietary "NTLM" method of HTTP authentication is now supported. This authentication method is undocumented and only used @@ -34,6 +30,37 @@ the file. That way the downloaded file never shrinks, and download retries from servers without support for partial downloads work even when downloading to stdout. +** SSL/TLS changes: + +*** SSL/TLS downloads now attempt to verify the server's certificate +against the recognized certificate authorities. This requires CA +certificates to have been installed in a location visible to the +OpenSSL library. If this is not the case, you can get the bundle +yourself from a source you trust (for example, the bundle extracted +from Mozilla available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/caextract.html), +and point Wget to the PEM file using the `--ca-certificate' +command-line option or the corresponding `.wgetrc' command. + +*** Secure downloads now verify that the host name in the URL matches +the "common name" in the certificate presented by the server. + +*** Although the above checks provide more secure downloads, they +unavoidably break interoperability with some sites that worked with +previous versions, particularly those using self-signed, expired, or +otherwise invalid certificates. If you encounter "certificate +verification" errors or complaints that "common name doesn't match +requested host name" and are convinced of the site's authenticity, you +can use `--no-check-certificate' to bypass both checks. + +*** Talking to SSL/TLS servers over proxies now actually works. +Previous versions of Wget erroneously sent GET requests for https +URLs. Wget 1.10 utilizes the CONNECT method designed for this +purpose. + +*** The SSL/TLS-related options have been redesigned and, for the +first time, documented in the manual. The old, undocumented, options +are no longer supported. + ** Passive FTP is now the default FTP transfer mode. Use `--no-passive-ftp' or specify `passive_ftp = off' in your init file to revert to the old behavior. @@ -60,12 +87,12 @@ be used to revert to the old behavior. ** The new option `--protocol-directories' instructs Wget to also use the protocol name as a directory component of local file names. -** Many options that previously unconditionally set or unset various -flags are now boolean options that can be invoked as either `--OPTION' -or `--no-OPTION'. Options that required an argument "on" or "off" -have also been changed this way, but they still accept the old syntax -for backward compatibility. For example, instead of `--glob=off' you -can write `--no-glob'. +** Options that previously unconditionally set or unset various flags +are now boolean options that can be invoked as either `--OPTION' or +`--no-OPTION'. Options that required an argument "on" or "off" have +also been changed this way, but they still accept the old syntax for +backward compatibility. For example, instead of `--glob=off' you can +write `--no-glob'. Allowing `--no-OPTION' for every `--OPTION' and the other way around is useful because it allows the user to override non-default behavior @@ -73,18 +100,19 @@ specified via `.wgetrc'. ** The new option `--keep-session-cookies' causes `--save-cookies' to save session cookies (normally only kept in memory) along with the -permanent ones. Many sites track important information, such as -whether the user has authenticated, using session cookies. Using this -option option allows multiple Wget runs to be treated as a single +permanent ones. This is useful because many sites track important +information, such as whether the user has authenticated, in session +cookies. With this option multiple Wget runs are treated as a single browser session. -** Wget now supports the --ftp-user and --ftp-password command switches to set -username and password for FTP, and the --user and --password command switches -to set username and password for both FTP and HTTP. The --http-passwd and ---proxy-passwd command switches have been renamed to --http-password and ---proxy-password respectively, and the related http_passwd and proxy_passwd -.wgetrc commands to http_password and proxy_password respectively. The -login and passwd .wgetrc commands have been deprecated. +** Wget now supports the --ftp-user and --ftp-password command +switches to set username and password for FTP, and the --user and +--password command switches to set username and password for both FTP +and HTTP. The --http-passwd and --proxy-passwd command switches have +been renamed to --http-password and --proxy-password respectively, and +the related http_passwd and proxy_passwd .wgetrc commands to +http_password and proxy_password respectively. The login and passwd +.wgetrc commands have been deprecated. * `wget -b' now works correctly under Windows. @@ -116,7 +144,7 @@ log on to the proxy as "username@host". even in the face of refused connections, which are otherwise considered a fatal error. -** The new option `--dns-cache=off' may be used to prevent Wget from +** The new option `--no-dns-cache' may be used to prevent Wget from caching DNS lookups. ** Wget no longer escapes characters in local file names based on