HTTPS/SSL support

I am the website administrator for a public transit agency in the San
Francisco Bay Area. We have a relatively large website and are finishing
the implementation of WAI recommendations. We've also started selling
fare media online and have run into a problem that WAI doesn't seem to
address specifically: Older browsers, and browsers that are not properly
configured, cannot access secure servers.

Although the technology is an industry standard (HTTPS/SSL), some
members of both the non-disabled and disabled communities have user
agents that are incompatible. A browser in question (Lynx 2.8 with no
SSL support) cannot be updated because it resides an ISP's server. The
ISP apparently is uncooperative with the SSL upgrade.

Is there a baseline browser/browser configuration standard for website
developers from an established industry or academic group like the
W3C-WAI or Trace? Are there established guidelines for secure servers?

Received on Monday, 1 March 1999 15:22:29 UTC