> My problem is that since I have changed from Mandrake 9.0 
to
> Debian/sid I have been unable to get the mirror to work
> (hts-log attached below).  I believe this is because it 
says
> I am using 'httrack-nossl' in the log.

Right. You must have libssl >> 0.9.6 installed, and a link 
from libssl.so.0 to libssl.so.0.6

The simplest way is through:
apt-get install libssl0.9.6

You should then have:

# ls -l /usr/lib/libssl.so
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Feb 25 
08:19 /usr/lib/libssl.so -> libssl.so.0.9.6