Re: {bb} Lynx & HTTPS

[Mike Smith <mike@ftl.com>]

bb@buglecreek.com wrote:

> I'm tryin g to test connectivity to a https server and I get the
> following error:
>
> https://test.site.com/ - No connection
>
> Looking up test.site.com
> Making HTTPS connection to test.site.com
> Retrying connection without TLS.
> Looking up test.site.com
> Making HTTPS connection to test.site.com
> Alert!: Unable to make secure connection to remote host.
>
> lynx: Can't access startfile https://test.site.com
>
> When I run lynx --head https://test.site.com it asks for cert acceptance
> etc but eventually connects to the site.
> This is a redhat ES4 system with lynx-2.8.5-18
>
> I test the sites on another bb system the same way and it seems to work
> o.k.
> (lynx-2.8.5-11).  Any reason why it would work on one and not the other.
> Also, I tried curl -k --head https://test.site.com on the command line
> and it seems to work
> without asking to accept the cert.  I am wondering if I could possibly
> change BB to use curl -k instaed of lynx as a possible work around for
> the above lynx error.
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I'd say check your openssl version on the hosts and see if they differ. 
Lynx depends on it for cert validation.
Here's a nice link to check out : 
http://lynx.isc.org/current/README.sslcerts

As for the URL tests....Why not use bbgen, which I believe uses curl. 
It is truely a must have :)

- Mike
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