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Maybe someone could answer this for me, this discussion made me curious: I have an old (2005) Mac, and my fav browser on it can't show https sites at all 90%+
by yesenadam 9y ago
Maybe someone could answer this for me, this discussion made me curious:
I have an old (2005) Mac, and my fav browser on it can't show https sites at all 90%+ of the time - "Cannot Load, Secure Connection Failed". (like the usual https sites linked to in HN stories) But it works fine with some https sites, e.g. github https, youtube, this page.
What is it about those 'working' https sites that makes them different? Hopefully that's enough info to answer that.
- adamtulinius 9y agoYour browser probably only support old ciphers or old versions of TLS.
- will_hughes 9y agoProbably because they support older SSL/TLS versions and/or cryptographic ciphers.
- yesenadam 9y agoOhh thanks guys. Yeah, I had a vague feeling my SSL (whatever that is) was outdated. So those sites just are more backwards-compatible. (Although github isn't backwards-compatible enough to actually make an account. I tried.)