Browser makers cite coronavirus, restore support for obsolete TLS 1.0 and 1.1 encryption

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Google, Microsoft and Mozilla have each issued reprieves to Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1, aged encryption protocols that were
to be bounced from browser support in March, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.By common agreement, Google's Chrome, Microsoft's Internet
Explorer (IE) and Edge, and Mozilla's Firefox were to disable support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 early in 2020
They, along with Apple - which produces Safari - announced the move a year and a half ago, noting then that the protocols had been made
obsolete by TLS 1.2 and 1.3.To read this article in full, please click here