1SLRN may be used to access a secure server using SSL. To do this, SSL 2support must be enabled. 3 4Compiling SLRN with SSL support 5------------------------------- 6 7To build slrn with SSL support, you must first obtain and install the 8OpenSSL library from http://www.openssl.org. Beware that some 9countries may have import/export regulations concerning such software. 10If you get arrested, do not call me! Just as important, do not 11contact me if you have trouble compiling OpenSSL --- I have nothing to 12do with the development of OpenSSL. 13 14After installing OpenSSL, configure slrn for SSL support, e.g., 15 16 ./configure --with-ssl 17 18By default, OpenSSL will install itself in /usr/local/ssl. If you 19install it elsewhere, e.g., $HOME/ssl, then use: 20 21 ./configure --with-ssl=$HOME/ssl 22 23After compiling it, `slrn --version' should indicate SSL support. 24 25 26Using SLRN with secure servers 27------------------------------ 28 29As far as slrn is concerned, only those servers whose names are prefixed with 30"snews://" are secure and require SSL. So, to access a secure server such as 31netscape's secnews.netscape.com, simply prefix the NNTP host name with 32"snews://" and, if required, specify the port number. For instance, 33 34 slrn -h snews://secnews.netscape.com:563 --create 35 36In your .slrnrc file, you may want to add a line such as: 37 38 server "snews://secnews.netscape.com:563" ".newsrc-netscape" 39 40to indicate that the file ".newsrc-netscape" should be used for this 41server. 42 43 44If the server requires authentication, you may also want to add a line such 45as: 46 47 nnrpaccess "snews://secnews.netscape.com:563" "username" "password" 48 49That's it! 50