lib: drop support for CURLAUTH_DIGEST_IE#21486
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This bit was used to do Digest authentication like Internet Explorer before version 7 (released on October 18, 2006). Presumably no one uses this anymore and since it is hard to use and does broken auth, starting in 8.21.0 this bit does nothing (except setting the actual Digest bit). Closes #21486
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Pull request overview
This PR removes the legacy “IE-style” HTTP Digest authentication behavior (pre-IE7 URI handling) from libcurl internals, keeping CURLAUTH_DIGEST_IE only as a compatibility bit that maps to standard Digest.
Changes:
- Removes the internal
auth.iestylestate and the associated IE-style Digest URI truncation logic. - Simplifies
CURLOPT_HTTPAUTHhandling to treatCURLAUTH_DIGEST_IEas standard Digest. - Updates the
CURLOPT_HTTPAUTHdocumentation to indicateCURLAUTH_DIGEST_IEno longer provides IE-specific behavior.
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| File | Description |
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| lib/urldata.h | Drops struct auth’s iestyle bit. |
| lib/setopt.c | Removes setting of the iestyle marker and maps CURLAUTH_DIGEST_IE toward standard Digest. |
| lib/http_digest.c | Removes IE-style Digest URI handling and always uses the full uripath. |
| docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH.md | Updates documentation text and history for CURLAUTH_DIGEST_IE. |
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This bit was used to do Digest authentication like Internet Explorer before version 7 (released on October 18, 2006). Presumably no one uses this anymore and since it is hard to use and does broken auth, starting in 8.21.0 this bit does nothing (except setting the actual Digest bit). Closes #21486
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This bit was used to do Digest authentication like Internet Explorer before version 7 (released on October 18, 2006). Presumably no one uses this anymore and since it is hard to use and does broken auth, starting in 8.21.0 this bit does nothing (except setting the actual Digest bit). Closes curl#21486
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This bit was used to do Digest authentication like Internet Explorer before version 7 (released on October 18, 2006). Presumably no one uses this anymore and since it is hard to use and does broken auth, starting in 8.21.0 this bit does nothing (except setting the actual Digest bit).