Re: lynx-dev binary file

[Doug Kaufman]

On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Bob Izenberg wrote:

 The message below from John Huang
 <address@hidden> was forwarded
 by the list moderator.
 
 >I would have upgraded to a newer version of lynx, except that the last
 >time I tried, I couldn't get 2.8.3rel.1 lynx to work with
 >https://www.edreyfus.com/cgi-bin/login.  So I decided to stay with
 >2.8rel.2.  If somebody has succeeded in accessing this site using the
 >latest lynx, do please let me know, and I'll attempt my upgrade again.
 
I think the problem with "https://www.edreyfus.com"; is with the
SSL connection rather than with lynx itself. I can connect with an
old SSLeay-based proxy, but not with a current openssl-based one.
Investigating with "openssl s_client", it appears that you need to
turn off ssl3 and tsl1 before you can get a handshake with that
server. Hence I can connect with "openssl s_client -ssl2". At least
with the eassl and edssl proxies, I don't see a way to turn this
off at runtime. I don't know if there is a way to configure this at
runtime with lynx built with the SSL patch. If this is a site that you
need to visit frequently, you could consider rebuilding openssl with
ssl3 ant tsl1 disabled, then linking lynx with this library.

I am forwarding a copy of this to Tom Zerucha, since I am not sure if
he is still following lynx-dev regularly.
                            Doug

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