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

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

Some don't have the fiscal or logistical ability to do better. 




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----- Original Message -----

From: "Ryan Hamel" <ryan () rkhtech org> 
To: "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc () gmail com> 
Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog () nanog org> 
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 2:50:55 AM 
Subject: Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read 


Just let the old platforms ride off into the sunset as originally planned like the SSL implementations in older JRE 
installs, XP, etc. You shouldn't be holding onto the past. 


Ryan 


On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 12:41 AM Constantine A. Murenin < mureninc () gmail com > wrote: 






On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 02:29, Matt Hoppes < mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net > wrote: 


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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. 


Exactly. I used the wording from their own page; but I think it's actually misleading. They're actually going out of 
their way to prevent users of "old Android smartphones" from accessing Wikipedia; if they did nothing, everyone would 
still be able to read happily over HTTP. 


C. 

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