While we're on the subject of Lynx, is there a guide with using it with speakup? I'm relatively new to using linux, and have been forced to use it without the security (personal not mechanical:)) of my windows box, and found using the www really hard. Any links are appreciated. Cheers, Chris Norman <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:36 AM Subject: Re: lynx ssl error > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Greg, > > What you are dealing with is the flip side of authenticating yourself to > the server. It is the way the server hopes to authenticate itself to > you. The only text browser I know of that takes this flip side seriously > is edbrowse. The way it works is that the server sends your browser some > info encrypted with its own private key, and expects you to have the > server's public key, or certificate, with which you can verify that the > server you are connecting to is truly who you think it is. Most text > browsers just blow this off, and move right along to the usual > authentication phase, where your client sends some authenticating info > to the server to establish a secure link. > > Edbrowse supports a certificate collection for a large number of hosts > to which you might connect, and will actually implement the > authentication mechanism so you will not be tricked into creating a > secure channel to a fraudulent host. > > HTH > ] > Chuck > > > On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 06:55:19PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> Whenever I go to https:// URL with lynx the cat, I get the following >> harmless error: >> >> SSL error:Can't find common name in certificate-Continue? (y) >> >> . Pressing y or enter continues on, pressing n doesn't continue on. I >> did some googling, and came across a message posted by Lorenzo from >> this list to the debian users list: >> >> http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2004-04/1620.html >> >> . As you can see, the only response to that message was to read the >> lynx docs. Besides that, my search didn't turn up anything else that >> is helpful, and that is also in English. I have looked through the >> table of contents of the lynx user's guide, but didn't see anything >> there about https, or ssl. >> >> Lorenzo, if you're reading this, and found a solution, or anyone else >> who knows what the solution is, what do I need to do in order to avoid >> being asked this question over and over again, and to just have lynx >> automatically load the page please? Thanks in advance for any help. >> >> Greg >> >> >> -- >> web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org >> gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc >> skype: gregn1 >> (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) >> >> -- >> Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (73% of Full) > Get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > and remember, INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEbDIUXnuiIOyDVQURAuAlAKCH57T/8zfmDx3pz0wJQB4AXk9m3wCgkUas > F5Ijc1ioUaPZ7+ncvnI457c= > =FApb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
