John: You're getting bad information. SSL is well supported in Lynx, and is probably already functioning properly on your system. What is not yet available is linux technology to unpack the files you download from BookShare. If anyone is interested in writing that software, BookShare would like to talk with you. On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, John J. Boyer wrote: > Hello, > I have been told that to download books from bookshare.org one needs a > browser that uses SSL. This means that Lynx cannot be used. Is there a > text-mode Linux browser that does use SSL? I would hate to have to use > Internet Explorer. > Thanks. > John > > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org