I've investigated curl because one of the things on my to-do list is:
write a tool that can remotely script releases on SourceForge.

1. Is this a solved problem?

2. If not, can I get some expert help on the steps needed to establish
   an https: session via curl? I could take it from there.

Yes, I've read the RTFM and experimented using pycurl 0.9.8. All I've
been able to get back is the PHP login page.

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