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[pinkenburg <pinkenburg AT bnl.gov>]

Hi folks,
chances are you do not have to read this - your browser and email client 
most likely supports TLS 1.2 which has been around for years and you are 
using it.

the security of web and email services is based on TLS. TLS 1.2 has been 
the standard for many years TLS 1.0 is vulnerable and almost nobody uses 
TLS 1.1. All browsers should support TLS 1.2, you can check your browser 
using this website:

https://www.howsmyssl.com/

(and no, this is not an attempt by cyber to make you click on a bad 
link, my ubuntu firefox uses TLS 1.3)

In terms of emails it's the same with the exception that outlook in 
office 2010 on windows 7 only supports TLS 1.0. In this case you will 
have to change your email client or upgrade the office version (or go 
through a rather complicated procedure to upgrade outlook:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/schrimsher/2016/07/08/enabling-tls-1-1-and-1-2-in-outlook-on-windows-7/

Again - I don't expect anyone will notice the drop of support (by the 
end of next week). If you encounter problems, please let me know

Chris


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Christopher H. Pinkenburg       ;    pinkenburg AT bnl.gov
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