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date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:55:31 +0200 |
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--- a/man/w3.texi Mon Aug 13 08:55:13 2007 +0200 +++ b/man/w3.texi Mon Aug 13 08:55:31 2007 +0200 @@ -3418,24 +3418,12 @@ @cindex Exportability @cindex Export Restrictions In order to use SSL in Emacs/W3, an implementation of SSL is necessary. -These are the implementations that I am aware of: - -@table @code -@item SSLRef 2.0 -Available from Netscape Communications @footnote{http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/sslref.html}. This requires the -RSARef library, which is not exportable. The RSARef library is -available from ftp://ftp.rsa.com/rsaref/ -@item SSLeay 0.4 -An implementation by Eric Young (eay@@mincom.oz.au) that is free for -commerial or noncommercial use, and was developed completely outside the -US by a non-US citizen. More information can be found at -ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL/ -@end table - -Currently, an external in order to use SSL from within Emacs/W3. This -program should be able to take command line parameters for the hostname -and port number to connect to, and read/write to standard input/output -(similar to telnet, but without the annoying status messages). +Emacs/W3 is configued to work out of the box with SSLeay 0.6.6 or later. +For best results, you should apply a patch that makes the SSLeay client +much quieter about what it reports. + +You can download SSLeay from +@url{ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL/} The following variables control how the external program is invoked.