java: default to allow redirects + disable configuration#27
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What does this PR do?
DD_SET_AUTH_HEADER_JAVAto follow redirects. This was originally avoided due to security concerns about leaking users authentication header, butcurlstripsAuthorizationandCookieheaders on cross-origin redirects by default.wgetdoesn't strip any of the headers, but is only used as a fallback ifcurlis not availableDD_SET_AUTH_HEADER_JAVA_DISABLE_REDIRECTSis provided to allow disabling redirects altogether.Motivation
Artifactory systems might depend on redirects to resolve the downloads. Disabling them goes against the feature itself.
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