Re: LWP::UserAgent credentials netloc and realm

J. Gleixner wrote:

> FYI:
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snip info on authentication (and ditto Alan J. Flavell's post, for which
many thanks).

The point I'm trying to make is that I'm sure I'm not the only person for
whom Life Is Too Short(tm) to get into deep understanding of all the
protocols and specifications involved, which is one reason I like Perl and
Perl modules, because they let me get things done quickly and easily
without having to understand, let alone code, all the tricky stuff.

Don't get me wrong, I agree that the docs should have pointers to the
reference info such as RFCs, but it's also very helpful to have useful
examples of how, typically, to do the sorts of things one might want to do
with the module. In my case I just wanted to get my IP address from my DSL
router, and I needed to get past its authentication mechanism to do so. I
don't _want_ to know any more about authentication (right now: I might in
the future and I'll come back to your informative posts for info when and
if I need that).

regards

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