Re: [Lynx-dev] sudden site access failure: realclearpolitics.com

[dan d.]

What is the exact lynx.cfg line for this, I cann't find it by searching for 1.1:

Enable HTTP 1.1 can be done either in the Options screen or in lynx.cfg.

Thanks.

On Thu, 11 Nov 2021, Ian Collier wrote:



> I find it interesting that Lynx cannot verify the certificate of
> 'realclearpolitics.com' (without the www) because the server is
> not returning the certificate chain.  But with the www is a completely
> different server which does have a valid certificate.
>
> Anyway I have found that links (the chain) will display the web site
> correctly by default, but gets denied if I supply any one (or more)
> of the following options:
>
>  -http-bugs.no-compression 1
>  -http-bugs.http10 1
>  -http.fake-user-agent Lynx
>
> So as far as Lynx (the cat) is concerned, what we need to do in order
> to visit this site is (a) change the user agent, and (b) enable HTTP 1.1.
>
> Enable HTTP 1.1 can be done either in the Options screen or in lynx.cfg.
> User agent can be done either in Options or on the command line.  My
> experimentation shows that they want at least your OS in the user agent,
> so "Lynx (Linux 5)" works, while Lynx's default user agent does not
> because it doesn't contain the OS name.
>
> imc
>
>

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