[bug #56808] wget uses HEAD method when both --spider and --post-data options are used

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #56808 (project wget): The spider has two components: 1. Send a HEAD (and repeat with GET) 2. Ignore response The 1 can be replaced with a direct --method=HEAD Repeat functionality is doubtful: all webservers supports the HEAD. Only some APIs that generates a response

[bug #57686] Basic Auth: make auth-no-challenge mode by default

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #57686 (project wget): Ok, I figured out that the main reason for the challenge was not a security but because we don't know which auth scheme uses server: basic or digest. So in the response for the first request server returns `WWW-Auth digest` then it will send

[bug #35122] --auth-no-challenge should not be required to send Basic auth over SSL

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #35122 (project wget): I proposed to remove the Auth challenge at all in the https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?57686 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #57686] Basic Auth: make auth-no-challenge mode by default

URL: Summary: Basic Auth: make auth-no-challenge mode by default Project: GNU Wget Submitted by: stokito Submitted on: Tue 28 Jan 2020 05:32:29 PM UTC Category: Program Logic