LYNX-DEV Lynx SSL problem (VMS AXP, SSLEAY 0.6.6, 11/2/97 lynx271ssleay.uue)

[Kerry Bouchard]

    I have the 11/2/97 distribution of the lynx271ssleay.uue file from Foteos
Macrides, and the 0.6.6 version of the SSLEAY library.  I was able to get
SSLEAY and then Lynx to compile and link on our system (VMS version 6.2 for 
AXP, Multinet v4.0, rev A), but the LYNX.EXE still won't access HTTPS sites.  
When I run it with -trace on, the error is (for example):

  Making HTTPS connection to www.census.gov:6868.
  HTTP: Unable to complete SSL handshake for remote host 'https://www.census.
  gov:6868/Free/fdlOF.htm' (SSLerror = -1)

I'm not sure where to go from here.  I have seen some references in previous
messages to setting up certificates for SSLEAY -- is that something I need
to do before SSL will work?  (When I access the sites with Netscape set to 
show me the SSL negotiation, I see the sites *sending* me a certificate,
but I don't see them asking for one).  Or is there something wrong with the way
it compiled and linked on our system?  Or should I be using the proxy code
from ftp://ftp.replay.com/pub/replay/pub/crypto/SSLapps/SSLlynx/ instead of 
the lynx271ssleay.uue distribution -- if so, do I need  "eassl0.6.tgz", 
"edssl0.6.tgz",  or "lxprox.c", or all three?  (I tried downloading
"lxprox.c", but I get dozens of errors when I try to compile it, even after
changing the include paths to point to our DECC and MULTINET include
directories.)
               Thanks for any help!

                                      Kerry Bouchard, Automated Systems Mgr.,
                                      Mary Couts Burnett Library, TCU
                                      address@hidden


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