Re: lynx-dev How to find if my isp's lynx is ssl-enabled?

[Thomas Dickey]

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
> 
> 
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