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Old 12-30-2010
Is curl command secure

Can any one confirm that posting username and password using curl command to "https" site is secure or not.

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Old 01-07-2011
If you use wireshark ( Wireshark Go deep. ) to look at the network traffic while using curl you can check for yourself...
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