Re: SSL error in lynx browser
On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 07:51:54PM -0400, Lorenzo Prince wrote:
> Whenever I go to a secure site in lynx I get the following seemingly harmless
> error:
>
> SSL error:Can't find common name in certificate-Continue? (y)
>
> I say that the error seems harmless because if I hit y or any other key except n,
> it continues and displays the page as it should with no further problems untill I
> go to the next secure link when it presents the same error message. I just need
> to know which part of SSL may be misconfigured that may be causing this error and
> how I can fix it.
>
> I am running Debian Sid with lynx 2.8.5-1 and openssl 0.9.7d-1.
There is no misconfiguration of SSL or lynx. Go to http://lynx.isc.org/
and follow the 'current development' link for some documentation. To
alter the behaviour of lynx see the end of /etc/lynx.cfg.
Brian.
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