#450886 lynx gets "network read error" at some https sites

Package:
lynx
Source:
lynx
Description:
classic non-graphical (text-mode) web browser
Submitter:
David Lawyer
Date:
2015-12-17 01:18:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#450886#5
Date:
2007-11-11 22:25:19 UTC
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When I type: "lynx https://post.craigslist.org" I get:

Getting https://post.craigslist.org/
Looking up post.craigslist.org
Making HTTPS connection to post.craigslist.org
Verified connection to post.craigslist.org (cert=post.craigslist.org)
Secure 192-bit TLS 1.0 (RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1) HTTP connection
Sending HTTP request.
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
Alert!: Unexpected network read error; connection aborted.
Can't Access `https://post.craigslist.org/
Alert!: Unable to access document.

lynx: Can't access startfile
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This also happens for some other https connections, but not on all
https connections.  Other browsers will connect to these sites.

			David Lawyer
#450886#10
Date:
2007-11-11 22:33:15 UTC
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reassign 450886 lynx
thanks
Looks like you are confused.
#450886#17
Date:
2009-08-29 16:42:25 UTC
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I'm not able to reproduce this.
#450886#20
Date:
2009-08-29 16:42:25 UTC
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I'm not able to reproduce this.
#450886#27
Date:
2010-04-19 12:46:04 UTC
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I am just facing the same problem with lynx-cur 2.8.7dev9-2.1:

$ lynx -dump -nolist https://banking.ksk-syke.de/

Looking up banking.ksk-syke.de
Making HTTPS connection to banking.ksk-syke.de
Verified connection to banking.ksk-syke.de (cert=banking.ksk-syke.de)
Certificate issued by: C=US, ST=, L=, O=VeriSign, Inc., OU=VeriSign
Trust Network, CN=VeriSign Class 3 Extended Validation SSL CA/Email=
Secure 256-bit TLS1.0 (RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1) HTTP connection
Sending HTTP request.
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
Alert!: Unexpected network read error; connection aborted.
Can't Access `https://banking.ksk-syke.de/'
Alert!: Unable to access document.

lynx: Can't access startfile


Thanks,
Sven
#450886#32
Date:
2012-05-26 01:08:40 UTC
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also got network read error trying to log in to a Zoom 5341J cable modem.
It asked for name and password, then when I entered the password, lynx quit.
(note this is not https. Attempting https gives unable to connect.)

Sending HTTP request.
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
Alert!: Access without authorization denied -- retrying
Retrying with access authorization information.
Looking up 192.168.100.1
Making HTTP connection to 192.168.100.1
Sending HTTP request.
Retrying as HTTP0 request.
Looking up 192.168.100.1
Making HTTP connection to 192.168.100.1
Sending HTTP request.
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
Alert!: Unexpected network read error; connection aborted.
Firefox logs in fine.
#450886#37
Date:
2015-12-17 00:52:50 UTC
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As of December 15th, 2015 Duck Duck Go now resets when I try to
connect from lynx.
One assumes there is some newer level of SSL strictness which is deploying
and not compatible with lynx.  I'll dig through the code and see if more debug
info can be enabled.
#450886#42
Date:
2015-12-17 01:14:31 UTC
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Hi Andrew,

Andrew Valencia wrote:

Yes. http://duckduckgo.com/ no more seems to be able to handle
HTTP/1.0 requests. Which is what Lynx sends.

Nope. Seems on HTTP, too.

See the discussion on the upstream mailing list, e.g. here:
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/2015-12/msg00007.html

Full thread view at
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/2015-12/threads.html

		Regards, Axel