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The curl utility is a command-line
program (and associated library) for interacting with various network protocols; it is commonly used
to do things like transferring data from a remote server over HTTP or HTTPS
using a URL. But curl also supports a lot more protocols, some of which
are probably rarely used, obsolete, deprecated, or all three. As a recent
discussion on the Fedora devel mailing list shows, though, it is hard to
find agreement that support for only some of those protocols should be installed by default,
while others might be left in an optional package for those who need them.