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| author | Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> | 2015-05-07 00:18:49 -0400 |
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| committer | Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> | 2015-05-07 00:18:49 -0400 |
| commit | 518cd1640b424ef160392ebf9e7923c0a8c0acab (patch) | |
| tree | 20b018232d18c036756e7030275ac377eea40fdf /lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html | |
| parent | a54886714ad9dc172e5e920737a0ae7583981902 (diff) | |
| download | lynx-snapshots-518cd1640b424ef160392ebf9e7923c0a8c0acab.tar.gz | |
snapshot of project "lynx", label v2-8-9dev_5g
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html b/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html index f387af69..ad4de44d 100644 --- a/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html +++ b/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $LynxId: lynx_url_support.html,v 1.33 2014/01/10 20:48:52 tom Exp $ --> +<!-- $LynxId: lynx_url_support.html,v 1.34 2015/05/07 00:18:49 tom Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <html> @@ -121,6 +121,15 @@ <p>The https URL has the same format, but the default port is <em>:443</em>.</p> + + <p><strong>Lynx</strong> relies for https support on external + libraries (OpenSSL or GnuTLS) whose capabilities have evolved + over time. In turn, those libraries may depend upon external + resources for verifying SSL certificates. For instance, + certification revocation may be provided via the Online + Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) which is an external service. + Without this facility, <strong>Lynx</strong> may not warn about + websites using revoked SSL certificates.</p> <hr> <h2><a name="telnet_url" id="telnet_url">The <em>telnet</em>, |