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

[wget] / NEWS

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@@ -14,16 +14,25 @@ Unix variants, as well as 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.
+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,
 with such servers Wget now simply ignores the data up to the byte
 where the last attempt left off, and only then continues appending to
-the file.  That way the downloaded file never shrinks, and "start
-over" retries work correctly even when downloading to stdout.
+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.
 
 ** Passive FTP is now the default FTP transfer mode.  Use
 `--no-passive-ftp' or specify `passive_ftp = off' in your init file to
@@ -63,9 +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.