Since they both use the same protocol there isnt really any difference in security - both suck at it but what kinda security are you looking for when downloading webpages/programs?<BR><BR>Im more used ...

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I wrote Perl script that request html page and than process the page. I use 'wget' command to get the page. <BR><BR>The script process hundreds of pages. But if some url is down the script crushes.