There's no reason lynx can't be used.
Unless you get the version of lynx without SSL support, lynx has SSL
support. I don't know 'bout Redhat, but Debian has a lynx-ssl package,
and of course compiling from source will net you SSL support as
well. Bear in mind that whatever you do, you'll need the OpenSSL
packages, too.
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