Cody Boone Ferguson
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As the index.html/README.md files say 'Alternate code' the 'alternative source' has been changed to 'alternate code'. Similarly the text 'script to try alternative code' was changed to 'script to try alternate code'. A mistake was made where something referred to as being the alt code was not the alt code (or the other way round). Changed 'alternate alternative code' (or something like that) to 'second alternate code'. This happened in steps and it might not, now that I think on it, be the best wording, but this can be addressed later. Rebuilt html files and .entry.json files.
To build:
make
There is an alternate version that scans for (ONLY scans) the string https
as a starting point. See alternate code below.
Bugs and (Mis)features:
The current status of this entry is:
STATUS: INABIAF - please **DO NOT** fix
For more detailed information see 2005 mynx bugs.
To use:
./mynx http://<domain>
You can specify a port by appending to the domain :port. See notes below on
the issue of https.
Try:
./mynx http://www.textfiles.com
./mynx manual.html
Alternate code:
Obviously this will not work with https as it only scans for http in the URL
(if not specified it tries to open it as a local file). But even if it scanned
for https one would need to do more work as it would have to set up a secure
connection before http commands could be sent. Fortunately or unfortunately
many more websites use https so this entry will not work as well as it used to.
If one were to try and connect to https://ioccc.org with this entry they'll
just get a 301 error.
The alternate code is a starting point that scans for https too (note you have
to specify the port in this case) but that is all it does. It will not work with
https websites as it does not set up a secure connection. But should anyone wish
to either come up with a pipeline (or some other command line) that allows it to
work with https or to update the code to support https they may. Otherwise you
must just appreciate the entry for what it once was.
Alternate build:
make alt
Alternate use:
Use mynx.alt as you would mynx. You'd have to specify a port at the end of
the URL like:
./mynx.alt https://www.ioccc.org:443
but again unless you have a clever workaround or hack to the problem, this sadly won't work.
Judges' remarks:
This little mynx will give any Fiery
Fox a run for its money. A nice
complement to last years winning 2004/hibachi. The
judges double dare any eager Obfuscationalists to submit the missing pieces to
get a functioning LAMP stack.
Author's remarks:
I was rather impressed by last year's mini webserver. So much so that it inspired me to try my hand at writing the client side complement.
A typical build command would be:
cc -o mynx mynx.c
While some others like to be a little different:
cc -o mynx mynx.c -lnsl -lsocket
I even managed to figure out a basic configure script, given last year's example, which is kinda of useful when you consider how many OSes put all the network functions in a variety of places. So a simpler build command sequence would be:
cd source ; ./configure ; make
After which, the rest of the documentation can be read by saying:
./mynx ../manual.html