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daniel:// stenberg://<p>Help me create quiz questions about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> over here:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/curl/quiz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/curl/quiz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Stefan Eissing<p>Fun with `pthread_cancel()` in curl. How I got that working and what challenges I encountered.<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/pthreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pthreads</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eissing.org/icing/posts/pthread_cancel/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eissing.org/icing/posts/pthrea</span><span class="invisible">d_cancel/</span></a></p>
Len :tootsie: 🍉<p>I really appreciate this "small" peace of software called <a href="https://toot.si/tags/jq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jq</span></a> Took me a while to understand the syntax rules but now it is pure joy whenever I have to use it. Other honorable mentions in this bag of enjoyable tools are <a href="https://toot.si/tags/xq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xq</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.si/tags/jless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jless</span></a> and the daily driver <a href="https://toot.si/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a>. CLI ftw.</p><p><a href="https://jqlang.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jqlang.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
daniel:// stenberg://<p>This monster 4600+ lines patch just arrived for more HTTP/3 in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> : <a href="https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/18331" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/curl/curl/pull/18331</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
daniel:// stenberg://<p>Is there any reason we should keep support for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSSL</span></a> &lt; v3 in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> ?</p><p><a href="https://curl.se/mail/lib-2025-08/0035.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curl.se/mail/lib-2025-08/0035.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a></p>
lb1a<p><a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/froscon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>froscon</span></a> Is there a way to buy <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> shirts or other clothing merch with the cute logo or something like that (and support the project that way)? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@badger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>badger</span></a></span></p>
Benjamin Eberlei<p>With PHP 8.5 we get Connection, DNS and SSL Sessions sharing across requests with cURL. </p><p>I made a video showing how this works and discuss the performance potential <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr_Jnrc2has" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=wr_Jnrc2has</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> - a short <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://phpc.social/@mnapoli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mnapoli</span></a></span> cameo included</p><p><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/php" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>php</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/php8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>php8</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/php8_5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>php8_5</span></a></p>
daniel:// stenberg://<p>"Pretend that a ping pong ball represents a single <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> installation somewhere in the world..."</p><p>(blog post from 2020)</p><p><a href="https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2020/08/20/curl-ping-pong/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daniel.haxx.se/blog/2020/08/20</span><span class="invisible">/curl-ping-pong/</span></a></p>
daniel:// stenberg://<p>Already now, before August has ended, 2025 is the third most active <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> year ever by number of commits.</p>
daniel:// stenberg://<p>Is this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> security report AI slop or not? <a href="https://hackerone.com/reports/3303765" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hackerone.com/reports/3303765</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Neil Craig<p>Yesterday we saw 161 different versions of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> make just over 1 million requests to www.bbc.co.uk &amp; www.bbc.com.</p><p>The oldest version is 7.0.0 (1 request).<br>The newest version is 8.15.0 (18,969 requests).</p><p>I'd spotted a load of different cURL versions in something else so was curious how many versions we see.</p>
daniel:// stenberg://<p>Welcome sunriseL as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> commit author 1406: <a href="https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/18311" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/curl/curl/pull/18311</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Radio Azureus<p>Current weather in Leonsberg SR compliments of wttr.in You can curl your own weather there. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wttr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wttr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a></p>
daniel:// stenberg://<p>Meanwhile, if you abuse the API and don't comply, asan might complain but that's not a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> security problem.</p><p><a href="https://hackerone.com/reports/3302518" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hackerone.com/reports/3302518</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
daniel:// stenberg://<p>The first release candidate for the pending <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> 8.16.0 release is up and if you have a chance, do try it out and report any and all issues you experience:</p><p><a href="https://curl.se/rc/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">curl.se/rc/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
daniel:// stenberg://<p>Welcome xfangfang as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> commit author 1405: <a href="https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/18299" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/curl/curl/pull/18299</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.glitched.systems/@froge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>froge</span></a></span> I think <em>both</em> are valid tho if I don't trust the OS managing certs (but is able to do so) then I refuse to use it (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a>) for that reason alone!</p><ul><li>Espechally since a single HTTPS request can trigger an update and users/admins don't get informed or easy means to exercise control.</li></ul><p>My assumption re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> &amp; <code>tiny-curl</code> is that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bagder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bagder</span></a></span> et. al. literally make it accept <em>any</em> SSL cert per default and don't have a CA store included to keep these tools smol.</p><ul><li>Espechally with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tinycurl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tinycurl</span></a> which is barely triple-digits!</li></ul>
osmodia<p>Vorfreude auf Daniel Stenberg <a href="https://ms.monkeyspace.net/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> <a href="https://ms.monkeyspace.net/tags/froscon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>froscon</span></a></p>
Xeniac<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bagder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bagder</span></a></span> IMHO it fits </p><p>1.) Both support tons of different inputs <br>2.) both are used in hundreds of different products, closed and open source.<br>3.) Both can be used from to CLI<br>4.) Both have a ton of CLI parameters.</p><p>I would say <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/ffmpeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ffmpeg</span></a> has even more parameters you need to know by heart then <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> 🤣</p>
daniel:// stenberg://<p>I just read someone describe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ffmpeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ffmpeg</span></a> as "the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> of video"</p>