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Good ${greeting_time}, Brad!

28 Aug 2021 16:00:22, you wrote to All:

 BH> I have a very old Distro of Ubuntu, I can't update it because it
 BH> will break certain compiled programs from way back.

What prevents just recompiling these programs? On better systems, that may be
done with a single run of rpmbuild. On really good systems, the packages are
rebuilt in a clean fresh-installed environment from a git tag to the binary
archive (.rpm) with one single command.

 BH> Don't really have enough room for a dual boot system. Does anyone
 BH> know of a light Browser that has all the SSL built in??

There's only one real browser, and it could be rebuilt that way. Also, it's
possible to keep several versions of OpenSSL (libcrypto+libssl) in one system
simultaneously (0.9, 1.0, 1.1.0 and 1.1.1).

 BH> Or way to get a Binary of one.

Build it. However, deb-based systems are very unfriendly in that.

 BH> This one is kicking my but trying to find something that I can
 BH> compile or run on a old distro.

You may compile anything.

 BH> Most Web-Sites give SSL errors.. Haven't been able to get any SSL
 BH> updates to take either.. But I really think it's all in the browser.

No: browsers are linked against libcrypto+libssl.

 BH> Has anyone had problems with SSL on older systems??

With regularly updated OpenSSL - never.

Now I'm writing this message from a system installed ca. 2006 and only updated
since that date.

 BH> Good look trying to get into irc.freenode.net they got taken over and
 BH> deleted a bunch of accounts mine was one of the firsts, almost 18 year
 BH> old account and was deleted

Deleting inactive users is normal.

 BH> and added a layer of SSL making it a bitch to login with any older
 BH> systems..

OpenSSL 1.1.0 was released in 2016 (5 years ago). OpenSSL 1.1.1 (actual) was
released in 2018 (3 years ago).

You had a plenty of time to update your system.

 BH> They want to lean more towards APPS and cell phones and HTTP.. They
 BH> have killed the old school command line clients..

No: that was you who killed your pretty system.


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