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

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 09:05:10PM -0400, David Combs wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 08:59:35PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > 
> > 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).
> > 
> 
> OK, thanks.
> 
> What version should I ask the isp to install, then?
> 
> And, any special instructions to them for adding the ssl?

OpenSSL isn't hard to install - lynx's configure script just needs to find it.
I just do --with-ssl in my options for that.  (The configure script accepts
an optional parameter to tell where OpenSSL is installed if it's not in the
normal /usr/local/openssl).

> (They know how to compile and install a regular lynx,
> but what else should they do for ssl?)
> 
> Thanks so much!
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> 
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