Re: lynx-dev lynx+openssl

[Ismael Cordeiro]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Mark Sutton wrote:

> dev.18 with no complaints.
> 
> >> All the files compil OK and I am generating an executable lynx. However the
> 
> It seems to connect to https sites ( www.joker.com, and my ISP's time
> online page ) however the test page at
> http://www.moxienet.com/lynx/ssl-test (which redirects to
> https://www2.liii.com/cgi-bin/ssl/) suggests that no secure connection was
> made.

That URL is not correctly working. Use https://www2.liii.com/cgi-bin/env

Another one I use is https://www.fortify.net/cgi-bin/ssl_2 but today it was
not correctly working.

For testing snews I use snews://news.mozilla.org

> This begs two questions. Is the test page broken?

It seems that it is.

> or of a larger concern, will a patched Lynx fall back to a non-secure
> connection when one thinks SSL is being used?

No, lynx with SSL works fine.

Ismael
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