Hello, All,

I recently came into possession of a Sharp Netwalker, a niche device from 2009, that can only run its own Jaunty ARM image.

I have accepted those limitations and work within them, and the only one that vexes is internet browsing.

Firefox is never going to render today's complicated sites, but Links2 and elinks do fine except for the ssl errors on most sites.

jaunty openssl is only 0.9.8

While compiling a later version of openssl is currently above my paygrade, I am a grownup, take instruction well, so perhaps I can accomplish this.

That said, have I even started out on the right road? Or is an updated openssl beside the point, that an updated links2/elinks is needed as well.

To emphasize, this Ubuntu 9.04 OS can not be upgraded (wifi, other proprietary hardware, etc), and obviously, I'm not going to do my banking on the NetWalker, I'd just like to get to my news sites.

Many thanks for any advice,
Jake

So, if you are only reading news then shouldn't be an issue if not using credentials of any sort. As for openssl, that has nothing to do with connecting to a web site. What the "ssl" errors you are seeing are is your browser attempting to make a TLS connection to the site and failing because of either a missing certificate on your system or because the sites you are connecting to require a TLS version your browser does not support.

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Thank you for your post and the explanation of openssl vs TLS. You saved me from a rabbit hole.

If I'm correctly following your logic, would a fresh compiling of Links2/elinks/etc alleviate the TLS issue?

For instance, I run Links2 on other devices that use later versions of Ubuntu and have no problem accessing sites (I had incorrectly believed that was because openssl was more current).

Of course, compiling a more recent version Links2 may not work on Ubuntu 9.04, given that the dependencies may not be reconcilable given Jaunty's age. Would that be a correct assumption?

Thanks again for your help,
Jake

I believe you are correct: compiling a newer version of links2 may have dependency/compiler issues. You can always try but it may also end up being a rabbit hole...

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Thanks once more for your post.

It would appear that I need a text browser that has TLS 1.2 but can run on Ubuntu 9.04. Not promising.

It's interesting to note that the rss reader newsbeuter downloads articles from https sites without complaint. Can't tell if a site's security measures are forgiving of rss or if newsbeuter is somehow more up-to-date.

Jake