Re: [Bug-wget] Wget regression - now defaults to saving file as original link name instead of correct file name after redirect!

[Ángel González]

On 09/12/11 15:39, Richard Rudling wrote:
> Ok you can ignore my previous message below.  After studying the diff's on
> the src code I tracked it down to the new 'feature' --trust-server-names
> which, in my humble opinion, should be the default behaviour, while the new
> behaviour should be the option.  Given that this is a change in default
> behaviour I suspect this is likely to catch and upset a lot of users!
>
> Regards
>
> Rich

It's done on purpose to avoid security vulnerability CVE-2010-2252.
That's why you need to "trust" the server.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-2252

If you know what you're doing, you can add that option to wgetrc if
you wish to.