Re: lynx-dev Lynx and SSL

[Patrick Ash]

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001 15:59:57 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:

OpenSSL built in, I have written some
>> code to provide a status line message that will give the user info on
>> the level of encryption for the current page. I have put this into a
>> macro in lymainloop.c and mapped it to a key combination. 
>> 
>> The macro uses "#ifdef USE_SSL"  to determine if SSL support is built
>> into Lynx. The problem I am having is that with just#ifdef USE_SSL,
>> the macro does not execute. If I add an #else, the error message
>> prints fine. 
>
>it should (USE_SSL would only be defined if the configure-script defines it)
>--> I need more info
> 

I use --with-ssl=/openssl-0.9.6b in the configure script. Lynx builds
without problem, and I can go to https sites without any error.
Testing on the  fortify site 

https://www.fortify.net/cgi-bin/ssl

shows Lynx using 168 bit encryption. 

Pat



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