On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 08:44:41PM -0400, David Combs wrote: > I have just been told by someone that soon the only > way they will distribute upgrades, etc, will be > via a SSL-enabled www-site. > > He asked if my (shell-account's) browser (lynx) > supported ssl. > > I looked at my year-old copy of the user-guide > and found only one reference to ssl:
Look in the compile-time options (via the options menu). There should be some reference to libssl. But offhand I don't think your 2.8.3 would have ssl unless you patched it, since we didn't integrate the patch til around the beginning of this year. (A quick clue also - the ssl version is about 600kb larger than the plain version). > > =force_secure > toggles forcing of the secure flag for SSL cookies. > > I did try the option, and lynx didn't bomb -- > but I'm not sure if that alone tells me that > the version they've set up is ssl-enabled > or not. > > Nor do I have any idea how to either go to (if there > is any difference) an ssl-enabled www-site, and > what to do when I get there. > > Here is the version my isp currently has: > > Lynx 2.8.3rel.1 (23 Apr 2000) > > > Thanks much! > > David > > > ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
