I am fairly sure that both linx and lynx work with modern SSL.
In fact, just checked on Ubuntu 16.04 -- both links (2.12) and lynx (2.8.9...) work fine with https://google.com and https://news.ycombinator.com for example.
In fact, just checked on Ubuntu 16.04 -- both links (2.12) and lynx (2.8.9...) work fine with https://google.com and https://news.ycombinator.com for example.
So, according to your own link, yes it should support SNI.
I use several clients that do not support SNI and one workaround is to connect through a program that does support it, e.g. haproxy, socat, etc.
Privacy/censorship conscious users may dislike SNI, SSL/TLS implementors are now trying to "fix" it, and in fact most SSL/TLS-enabled websites do not require SNI to be sent (popular browsers send it anyway). If requested, I can post stats on whether SNI is required for any list of websites. I have already done this a couple of times with the list all sites currently posted on HN: only a minority require SNI.
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