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Re: lynx-dev How to find if my isp's lynx is ssl-enabled?
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev How to find if my isp's lynx is ssl-enabled? |
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Tue, 23 Oct 2001 05:55:09 -0400 |
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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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