Re: [Lynx-dev] Ssl certificate error

[Stefan Caunter]

there is a force ssl yes setting in options

but likely updating the system cert bundle will solve the error

—stef

> On Sep 12, 2021, at 13:37, David Woolley <forums@david-woolley.me.uk> wrote:
> 
> On 12/09/2021 18:02, dan d. wrote:
>> SSL error:certificate has expired-Continue? (n)
> 
> I would take that at face value, and assume that it is the site's certificate 
> that has expired.  In that case, the secure solution is not to access that 
> site until the site has updated its certificate.
> 
> Certificates expire because cryptographic advances can compromise them and 
> because, the longer a single private key is used, the more opportunity there 
> is for someone to crack it.
> 
> If I'm right about it being a problem for the site, rather than for Lynx, you 
> need to make a judgement as to how concerned you would be if someone had 
> access to the contents of your session with the site, and whether you are 
> making critical decisions based on the site providing the correct data.  If 
> these cause significant concern, you should not override the warning.  If you 
> don't care, you can safely override, but I don't think there is a way of 
> registering a permanent override.
> 
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