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Internet Explorer 11 Gains HTTP Strict Transport Security In Windows 7 and 8.1

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 9, 2015 @11:00AM from the teaching-an-old-dog-new-tricks dept.

Mark Wilson writes: Anyone using the Windows 10 preview has had a chance to use the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) in Microsoft Edge, and today the security feature comes to Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. This security protocol protects against man-in-the-middle attacks and is being delivered to users of older version of Windows through an update in the form of KB 3058515.

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Re:Security by Anonymous Coward · 2015-06-09 11:21 · Score: 2, Insightful

Why does /. even bother posting Microsoft stories? It just brings out the cynical doomsayers who still live like it's 1995.
Funny how after all that fear-mongering it ended up being Apple who is dominating personal computing with drab gray/black/white computers, tablets and phones where everybody has the same in a 1984-style.