Re: lynx-dev Lynx for DOS SSL support?

[Vitor Oliveira]

On Sat, 26 Sep 1998 address@hidden wrote:

> Hello.  I have a question that I'm sure others have had and will
> continue to have.  I am a blind person and find Lynx far easier to
> use than browsers such as Netscape or MS Internet Explorer,
> especially on websites with fancy layouts.  However, an increasing
> number of sites are requiring users to use an SSL capable browser. 
> I currently use the DOS port of Lynx 2.8.  Is there any way to
> compile this, using DJGPP, to have SSL support?  Note that I know
> almost nothing about how to compile a large program such as Lynx,
> and would appreciate a place where the DOS modified sources, along
> with all necessary libraries and/or addons, could be downloaded and
> instructions on how to do it, if this is even possible.  If this is
> not possible, do you know of a publicly accessible SSL proxy that
> I could use by putting it in the HTTPS_Proxy variable in my
> lynx.cfg file?  I know I'd lose some security this way, but it'd at
> least let me use these sites!
> One more thing.  I'm not sure if this is a mailing list which I
> must subscribe to in order to get replies, or just a thing where I
> get replies directly to me.  If it's a list, and I have to
> subscribe, please tell me what command to send to where to get it
> done.  This might also mean I'd miss any replies directed to me
> before I subscribed.  If this is just a normal address, please
> reply to the 'from' address of this message.
> Thanks,
> Roger Smith
> address@hidden
> 

Hi:
I think you may have what you want at
http://www.fdisk.com/
I'm a blind user to and I use a djgpp compilation.
There, you can find some versions already compiled.

Vitor Oliveira
address@hidden
Lisbon Portugal