> Is this really necessary? If you want a 'real' http client, you're probably using libcurl anyway (which is permissively licensed, more stable, and supports ht

> Is this really necessary? If you want a 'real' http client, you're probably using libcurl anyway (which is permissively licensed, more stable, and supports http/3). I'd guess it's there to support cryptographic protocols that require downloading/checking keys via HTTPS. Right before that line is "Implementation of the Certificate Management Protocol (CMP, RFC 4210) also covering CRMF (RFC 4211) and HTTP transfer (RFC 6712)". And yes, use curl.