{"id":21134,"date":"2022-12-19T08:22:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T07:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/?p=21134"},"modified":"2024-12-19T14:51:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T13:51:37","slug":"curl-sighting-tschugger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/2022\/12\/19\/curl-sighting-tschugger\/","title":{"rendered":"curl sighting: Tschugger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the Swiss crime comedy TV series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15425948\/\">Tschugger<\/a>, season two episode two at roughly 25:20, there is a shot with a curl command line in a terminal window using <a href=\"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/2015\/09\/11\/unnecessary-use-of-curl-x\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"8133\">an unnecessary &#8211;request<\/a> option.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d2940609ca3&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d2940609ca3\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1826\" height=\"858\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/curl-Tschugger-s02e02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21149\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Following the curl line is what looks like an interactive login procedure, which certainly is not something a real curl would present. Based on this, I think we need to give this use of curl a fairly low realism score: a 2 out 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trying that displayed command line in a real terminal unfortunately only gives us <code>Could not resolve host: secure.da-34-22.remote.com<\/code>. I doubt that the TV company actually purchased this domain though. It seems a little too generic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I have not seen it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have not been able to view this episode so I cannot yet comment on the conditions and the surroundings for when this snapshot is taken. Once I do, I might be able to extend the description above somewhat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First brought to my attention by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ant0inet\/status\/1604600847874375681\">Cybergossipgirl<\/a>, who also took the snapshot seen above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Swiss crime comedy TV series Tschugger, season two episode two at roughly 25:20, there is a shot with a curl command line in a terminal window using an unnecessary &#8211;request option. Following the curl line is what looks like an interactive login procedure, which certainly is not something a real curl would present. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/2022\/12\/19\/curl-sighting-tschugger\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">curl sighting: Tschugger<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,108],"class_list":["post-21134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curl","tag-curl-and-libcurl","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21134"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26186,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21134\/revisions\/26186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}