Re: [OT] can anyone offer Lisp job?

> From: Ulrich Hobelmann <u.hobelmann@xxxxxx>
> What's wrong with https, that is, http over SSL?

Whenever I click on such a link, I get two (2) separate alerts about
lynx unable to get SSL certificate, which clearly shows it's not doing
what it should to establish a secure connection.

> I think this is necessary for secure connections, which you might
> want to have with some servers. Everything that sends cookies and
> other data (so any forum site, banking sites, other web
> applications).

Everything I transmit to my Unix shell account is plain-text over VT100
link. Regardless of whether it's encrypted or not from the shell
machine to the server, it's plain text all the way from my home
computer through the dialup port and TELNET link to shell machine and
through standard input to Lynx, which means anybody with admin
priviledges on the shell machine can view what I'm transmitting and
what I'm receiving. I have no choice but to pass Yahoo! Mail passwords
and the like over this insecure dialup, but there's no way you can
convince me it's reasonble to pass banking account numbers and PINs
etc. that way!!
.