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Geert Hendrickx wrote:
>>>>    A few weeks ago I saw a discussion where someone suggested that L=
ynx
>>>> should be added to the base system. FWIW, I'm connected to an univer=
sity
>>>> network, which requires a http (actually https) based login before I=

>>>> gain access to the Internet.
>>    Anyway, the point wasn't that anyone should include lynx in the bas=
e
>> system because of my reason alone, but rather I wanted to add it to th=
e
>> previous discussion.
>=20
> Can you provide a pointer to this previous discussion? =20

   Sorry, no. I stumbled across it a while back when I was looking for
something completely different. I did try to find it again so I could
provide a reference, but I was unable to locate it in the archives.

> Btw, you can download files with ftp(1) (both from ftp:// and http://) =
if
> you know the URL. =20

The problem is that I need https specifically.

   I guess the best solution would be if the network administrators
would remove the login requirement -- but I doubt that will happen any
time soon.

--=20
Kind Regards,
Jan Danielsson
Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.


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