On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:20:27 -0400, David H. Lipman wrote:

> From: "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know>
>
>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:52:03 -0500, G. Morgan wrote:
>>
>>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>>
>>>> To *GET* the text file, one *has* to visit a URL.
>>>
>>> Or use the command line 'wget' in a sandbox, for the paranoid.
>>
>> LOL. I use wget all the time, along with urpmi and apt-get. All
>> command- line driven. I could use GUI applications, but I find the CLI
>> faster and more convenient. Nothing to do with security.
>>
>>
> I use it daily. Great for malware download scripting and I can use
> *any* User-Agent.
>
> Core component of my Multi-AV.
>
> I'm using "Wget 1.12-2504 built on mingw32."

"[root@aardvark2 ~]# wget -V
GNU Wget 1.12 built on linux-gnu."





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