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>Why are developers (since this is an issue that shows up with cargo) running Windows 7 without security patches installed? Especially since the issue only show
by Arnavion 9y ago
>Why are developers (since this is an issue that shows up with cargo) running Windows 7 without security patches installed? Especially since the issue only shows up on Windows 7 installs that haven't received security patches since June 2016.
The issue shows up on patched machines. The patch does not enable TLS 1.2 by default. You have to add reg keys for it.
https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/5065#issuecomment-367942576 https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/5065#issuecomment-...
- amluto 9y agoI've never understood why Microsoft adds support for new crypto protocols but turns them off by default.
- colejohnson66 9y agoTo avoid breaking badly designed programs?
- Arnavion 9y ago(To be clear, Windows 7 without the patch also supports TLS 1.2. The patch adds a registry key to configure the default protocols for applications that don't explicitly override the default.)