Thread: idea: Update browser engine on N900
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2018-10-30 , 05:02
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Originally Posted by ymartin59 View Post
Thread revival... As HTTPS is becoming the "norm", I am facing more and more websites where http redirects to https with restriction on cypher/algo and so MaemoBrowser or gPodder for instance fails to connect with ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap

I tried to build netsurf but requirements for GTK or Qt are not met.

Does anyone have an option to allow N900 to browse today's internet ?
Same here. At least, Internet Banking website still works (thanks to ANZ).

When I want to visit a not-important website - to read news, for example - this error can be circumvented by using a proxy website (such as, https://proxy.toolur.com/ ). Basically, a voluntary insertion of a third party in the middle of a connection.

An evolution of that would be to set up a trusted proxy (similar to Opera Mini's proxy servers) which could, besides getting around the no_cypher_overlap error, also filter out advertisements, and simplify the web page for easier rendering on mobile device. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accelerator

Thank you. Best wishes.
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