** IMPORTANT - EOL for TLSv1**
Good morning all. Apologies for the technical detail below but it is important that Windows XP and Windows 7 users read the information below as it will impact access to the forum.
As some will know, we moved to using SSL on the server some months ago which is why you will see a little padlock symbol in your browser navigator bar. There are several variations on the SSL protocol and at the time of implementation, the only one we disallowed was the (hacked) SSLv2. It is now time that we started to implement some of the more up to date (and secure) protocols and remove the older ones as some of them are vulnerable to attack. To this end, we are planning to remove support for TLSv1 and SSL3 effective from the 1st November this year. The table below, identifies which Microsoft Operating System version have inbuilt support for TLSv1.1 which will be the lowest SSL version supported once we make the change. https://fordforums.com.au/pub_images/SSL_OS_Support.jpg As you will see Windows XP does not have support for TLSv1.1 and this has two potential impacts: 1. People using Internet Explorer 6 will not be able to access AFF; and 2. People using other browsers may receive errors trying to access the site. Windows 7 does support TLSv1.1 but it is not enabled by default and in order to use it the following steps need to be taken regardless of which browser you normally use. Launch Internet Explorer and navigate to Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced. Under the Security section, you will see a list of SSL protocols supported by the Operating System and you will notice that a number of them are not ticked. Make sure that they are set as per the screen shot below. https://fordforums.com.au/pub_images/SSL_IE.jpg Save the settings and then your normal browser should work fine with AFF post the November change. To check SSL settings in Google Chrome:
To set SSL in Firefox: In Firefox you can check the minimum and maximum supported versions of TLS as follows: In a new tab, type or paste about: config in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful. In the Search box above the list, type or paste tls and pause while the list is filtered To disable SSL3 and require TLS of a late enough version, double-click security.tls.version.min and enter the desired value:
To set SSL config in Opera Opera Opera versions greater than 12 disable SSL3 by default, or alternatively, you may change the configuration of your browser as follows:
There are some other combinations that are known to have problems as they don't fully support the protocols being used. The table below identifies those that we know about and if you have one of those combinations then a browser is all that is required. https://fordforums.com.au/pub_images/SSL_Combos.jpg Best regards Russ |
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Russ,
I have Vista 32 bit and IE9. I don't generally use IE9, instead I use Firefox 52.4.0 and Yandex 17.4.1.1026. I can not upgrade beyond IE9 Although Vista was supposedly (?) patched to run TLS 1.1 and 1.2 IE9 was not and will not be. Also, supposedly (?) Firefox has it's own plug in runtime libraries which supposedly (?) can run 1.1 and 1.2. I guess I will find out. I am not sure about Yandex, though it uses the Google Chrome engine. Here is a screen shot of IE9 > Internet Settings > Advanced https://www.fordforums.com.au/attach...3&d=1508200078 |
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In Firefox you can check the minimum and maximum supported versions of TLS as follows:
In a new tab, type or paste about: config in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful. In the Search box above the list, type or paste tls and pause while the list is filtered To disable SSL3 and require TLS of a late enough version, double-click security.tls.version.min and enter the desired value:
Cheers Russ |
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Thank you Russ.
I will give that a try. |
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seems a little over the top for a forum, seems like it will push quite a few people away just because they wont have the technical know how to fix the issue.
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Apart from the edge cases listed above, the main issue with using TLSv1.1 is with Windows XP and IE6 both of which are more than a decade old and haven't been in support for several years. Cheers Russ |
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So i guess i'm ok?
Running Windows 10/Chrome and settings below, which i haven't changed... |
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That might be an important clue as the two different tools I have used report differently about which protocols we have active so TLS1.2 & TLS1.1 may not be configured. Cheers Russ |
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I've made a small change to enable TLSv1 which appears to have worked fine and which should stop a repeat of the issue we had this morning.
Cheers Russ |
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Done, unchecked ssl 3.0 & now set to tls 1.2 (only checkbox to tick lol).
Didnt take long to fix with Russell's instructions, havent used the old pc (xp sp3) for a long time but my outlook on android is still somehow linked to it doh lol. All good now! Thanks heaps for your help Russell, keep up the great work! cheers, Maka |
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