On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 09:55:38AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: lynx-cur
> Version: 2.8.8dev.15-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> On any https URL[*], I get te following error:
> 
>   SSL error:self signed certificate-Continue? (y) 
> 
> As accepting is regarded as a security problem (for most sites),
> one can consider that lynx no longer works with https URL's (or
> can tend to make users do insecure things), which is a major
> problem nowadays.
> 
> [*] I've tried with:
>   * https://gforge.inria.fr/
>   * https://www.gandi.net/
>   * https://www.vinc17.net/
>   * https://ent.ens-lyon.fr/

fwiw, lynx built according to the Debian options (with gnutls) works
fine on my Debian 6 machine (will investigate this evening to see
what's different in the current package or environment).

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net>
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

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