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The \fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)\fP option automatically follows HTTP
redirects sent by a remote server. These redirects can refer to any kind of
URL, not just HTTP. libcurl restricts the protocols allowed to be used in
-redirects for security reasons: FILE, SCP, SMB and SMBS are disabled by
-default. Applications are encouraged to restrict that set further.
+redirects for security reasons: only HTTP, HTTPS and FTP are enabled by
+default. Applications may opt to restrict thus set further.
A redirect to a file: URL would cause the libcurl to read (or write) arbitrary
files from the local filesystem. If the application returns the data back to