Re: What happens to CPAN clients when TLS 1.2 is required?
[email protected] (Ask Bjørn Hansen) Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:21:43 -0700
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--Apple-Mail=_CF72A7F7-2F9F-46F4-813C-2235CB88F85B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Apr 24, 2018, at 18:11 , David Golden <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > But when they do opt into TLS, it's 1.2 required, right? Sure, but =E2=80=A6 TLS 1.2 is almost ten years old. 1.1 is only barely = older. What operating systems don=E2=80=99t support TLS 1.2, but are = otherwise functional / reasonable enough that you=E2=80=99d be = installing anything new? (And if you are running something that old, = downloading over TLS shouldn=E2=80=99t be your top priority problem). Ask= --Apple-Mail=_CF72A7F7-2F9F-46F4-813C-2235CB88F85B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On Apr 24, 2018, at 18:11 , David Golden <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular; = font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=3D"">But when they = do opt into TLS, it's 1.2 required, = right?</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">Sure,= but =E2=80=A6 TLS 1.2 is almost ten years old. 1.1 is only barely = older. What operating systems don=E2=80=99t support TLS 1.2, but = are otherwise functional / reasonable enough that you=E2=80=99d be = installing anything new? (And if you are running something that = old, downloading over TLS shouldn=E2=80=99t be your top priority = problem).</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Ask</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_CF72A7F7-2F9F-46F4-813C-2235CB88F85B--