Re: [Bug-wget] Using GNU Wget 1.13.4 on an https page...

[Yousong Zhou]

On 5 March 2014 22:33, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
> address@hidden address@hidden
> Feb 27 (6 days ago)
>
> Hi,
>
> Upon reading the manual regarding the topic above, I realized that I am at
> a loss of how to begin.
>
> The information is so overwhelming that I feel I would have to learn an
> entirely new language.
> Obviously, I am a novice at this.
>
> What I want to do is try GNU Wget 1.13.4 on an https page that is timing
> out before I can view and use it.
>

- Does it have to be version 1.13.4?
- Hmm, so you just want to download the page source?

> Are there any shortcuts or tips you can advise for me to get the Wget set
> up easily to use it to so that I can gain access to this https page?
>
> My system is Windows 7 and I use the Firefox browser. (I won't use the
> Chrome due to security issues that are too cumbersome to fix after they
> happen.)

Normally wget will work out of box without extra configuration.  You
can get wget for Windows from GNUWin32 project.  Does the page needs
authentication and other parameters to gain access?

FYI, you should be able to view the page source and the whole network
activity with Firebug or other extensions on FIrefox.

I am curious about the cumbersome security issues that will happen
after accessing a https page on Chrome.


             yousong