Re: [OT] can anyone offer Lisp job?

rem642b@xxxxxxxxx (Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t) writes:

>> 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!!

Why don't you use ssh?
If your server doesn't provide ssh, then change the server.
There are a lot of free or cheap unix account available. Seach the web.

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