Re: TLS 1.2
Axel Beckert <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.web.lynx.devel |
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| Organization | DeuxChevaux.org -- The Citr oën 2CV Database |
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Hi, On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 05:28:55AM +0000, Wilson Chan via Lynx-dev wrote: > We are currently using Lynx 2.8.7rel.1 (05 Jul 2009). This is a horribly old version of Lynx. Even software museums like Debian Oldoldoldstable and RHEL 7 have a newer version. (JFTR: RHEL 7 has the older version than Debian Oldoldoldstable. :-) > We use Digicert and have only TLS 1.2 enabled. > Is TLS 1.2 not supported by version 2.8.7rel.1? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security#TLS_1.2 says "TLS 1.2 was defined in RFC 5246 in August 2008." so chances are not so low that a Lynx release from 2009 doesn't support it yet. > Which version of Lynx should we use to be able to verify TLS 1.2? Not sure, but it also depends a lot on the OpenSSL or GnuTLS library it's built against. So better look at their versions first, because if they don't support it, Lynx won't either. Kind regards, Axel -- PGP: 2FF9CD59612616B5 /~\ Plain Text Ribbon Campaign, http://arc.pasp.de/ Mail: [email protected] \ / Say No to HTML in E-Mail and Usenet Mail+Jabber: [email protected] X https://axel.beckert.ch/ / \ I love long mails: https://email.is-not-s.ms/