[svn] Better explain --keep-session-cookies.

[wget] / NEWS

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@@ -17,7 +17,14 @@ 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.
+** 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.
+
+** Microsoft's proprietary "NTLM" method of HTTP authentication is now
+supported.  This authentication method is undocumented and only used
+by IIS.  Note that *proxy* authentication is not supported in this
+release; you can only authenticate to the target web site.
 
 ** Wget no longer truncates partially downloaded files when download
 has to start over because the server doesn't support Range.  Instead,
@@ -65,9 +72,10 @@ is useful because it allows the user to override non-default behavior
 specified via `.wgetrc'.
 
 ** The new option `--keep-session-cookies' causes `--save-cookies' to
-save session cookies along with the permanent ones.  This is useful on
-sites that require you to log in before you can access some pages.
-With this option, multiple Wget runs will be treated as a single
+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
 browser session.
 
 * `wget -b' now works correctly under Windows.