- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:56:51 +1100 (AEDT)
- To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Is it correct that there is SSL software available for Unix systems which acts as a proxy server, thus allowing a user agent that does not support SSL directly to complete a secure transaction? Also, I have heard it said that in order to use SSL, it is necessary to generate a certificate, and apparently this is difficult even if Lynx has been compiled with the SSL software included. Unfortunately I can't remember the source of this information and it might therefore be inaccurate. Needless to say, SSL is not a W3C standard. I suppose this ought not to preclude our discussing it, at least to the extent that it has special implications for people who use text-based user agents such as Lynx or Emacs/W3.
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