Re: LYNX-DEV Getting proxies to work

[Larry W. Virden, x2487]

> A slightly more secure method is to store the authorization information in
> environment variables (for UNIX, djgpp, and Win32, at any rate -- not sure
> about VMS.) Environment variables are not visible with the `ps' command on
> most systems. Perhaps LYNXAUTH is a good name?

Sorry, but at least on SVR4 systems environment variables are visible with
the ps command.
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