Re: [Lynx-dev] SSL Common Name issue & Form Submissions in Lynx

[Stefan Caunter]

irrelevant 

your question is about certificates, not ssl implementation 

lynx worked fine with eay ssl, before openssl, but the actual certificate 
checks were not enforced until much later

please see the ssl.certs doc for instructions on certificate use with lynx



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> On Dec 4, 2016, at 18:56, Matt Caswell <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 04/12/16 01:46, Menasheh Peromsik wrote:
>> Hello Lynx developers,
>> 
>> I recently used lynx for the automation of logging in to captive portal
>> wifis
>> <https://peromsik.com/blog/how-to-set-up-automatic-wifi-captive-portal-login/>
>>  on
>> Windows 10.
>> 
>> Because they seem to use https, I had to use the non-color version
>> supporting https through OpenSSL.  (Aside:  Why doesn't Google Chrome
>> have any issue using https out of the box?  It doesn't need third party
>> stuff)  
>> 
>> I tried to install OpenSSL from the recommended page
>> <http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html>, but the installers
>> for the most recent version seem to not be including the necessary
>> DLLs.
> 
> Did you read this bit on the that page:
> 
> "August 29, 2016 - OpenSSL 1.1.0 is quite different from previous
> releases. Developers need to recompile their software to support 1.1.0.
> Users should install BOTH the 1.0.2 series (LTS) and the 1.1.0 series
> for maximum application compatibility. "
> 
> Matt
> 
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