FAQ: remove opinionated sentence on NTLM

curl is a tool that support many different things, and it doesn't
really seem like our job to tell other what to use (as they might
not have much say in the matter even).  Also tidy up wording.

Closes: #8886
Reviewed-by: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
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Daniel Gustafsson 2022-05-20 13:40:12 +02:00
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4.6 Can you tell me what error code 142 means?
4.7 How do I keep user names and passwords secret in curl command lines?
4.8 I found a bug
4.9 curl cannot authenticate to the server that requires NTLM?
4.9 curl cannot authenticate to a server that requires NTLM?
4.10 My HTTP request using HEAD, PUT or DELETE does not work
4.11 Why do my HTTP range requests return the full document?
4.12 Why do I get "certificate verify failed" ?
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If there is a bug, read the BUGS document first. Then report it as described
in there.
4.9 curl cannot authenticate to the server that requires NTLM?
4.9 curl cannot authenticate to a server that requires NTLM?
NTLM support requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, mbedTLS, NSS, Secure Transport, or
Microsoft Windows libraries at build-time to provide this functionality.
NTLM is a Microsoft proprietary protocol. Proprietary formats are evil. You
should not use such ones.
4.10 My HTTP request using HEAD, PUT or DELETE does not work
Many web servers allow or demand that the administrator configures the