Re: lynx-dev Security and Lynx

[Nelson Henry Eric]

>      What are the security risks of installing Lynx 2.8 on a private

Try one of the public-access Lynxes, and decide for yourself.  You may
try telnet://ibr1.irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp, login:lynx, but be aware that
this is on a slow link and is set up for displays which can handle sjis.

>      Are there ways to prevent people from hacking into the system on
>      Lynx 2.8?

Don't give "people" a shell in the first place, i.e., make it a "captive"
account.  Carefully read and understand the section in userdefs.h for
setting up anonymous accounts before compiling Lynx.

__Henry