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RE: Repeated HTTP Authorization after 401 response with uknown method

From: Joe Mason <jmason_at_rim.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:38:23 +0000

> From: curl-library [curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] on behalf of Petr Pisar
> [petr.pisar_at_atlas.cz]
>
> > I believe my idea that you need curl_easy_reset only applies if the same
> > connection is reused.
> >
> What do you mean by connection? TCP connection? CURL handle?

TCP connection.

> I feel the library should provide the same semantics regardless HTTP layer
> needs to reconnect TCP socket or not.

I could be wrong - maybe you don't need to use curl_easy_reset even if it doesn't use a new connection.
 
> > When you say "no CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH", do you mean that after sending the
> > first
> > request, you call "curl_easy_setopt(CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, NULL)" or something
> > like that to clear the HTTPAUTH? Or just that you don't update the
> > CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH between requests?
> >
> The later one---that I do not set the option again. Plain curl_easy_perform()
> followed by another perform().

Ok, so it's just reusing the options set the first time.

Joe
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