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Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read


From: "J. Hellenthal via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 05:30:58 -0600

... because you should be able to verify the site you are at is actually the site you intended to be at...

Let the old crap go. Besides the sheer amount of ppl left that have the older phones most likely are not going to 
Wikipedia anyway.

-- 
 J. Hellenthal

The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.

On Dec 31, 2019, at 04:05, John Adams <jna () retina net> wrote:

because no one should know what you read about or check out at wikipedia

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 31, 2019, at 00:30, Matt Hoppes <mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net> wrote:

Why do I need Wikipedia SSLed?  I know the argument. But if it doesn’t work why not either let it fall back to 1.0 
or to HTTP. 

This seems like security for no valid reason.

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