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Google Joins Mozilla, Microsoft In Pushing For Early SHA-1 Crypto Cutoff (blogspot.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the joining-the-club dept.

itwbennett writes: Due to recent research showing that SHA-1 is weaker than previously believed, Mozilla, Microsoft and now Google are all considering bringing the deadline forward by six months to July 1, 2016. Websites like Facebook and those protected by CloudFlare have implemented a SHA-1 fallback mechanism. Both companies have argued that there are millions of people in developing countries that still use browsers and operating systems that do not support SHA-2, the replacement function for SHA-1, and will therefore be cut off from encrypted websites that move to SHA-2 certificates.

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  1. Re: Dear Microsoft, err, I mean Google by Billly+Gates · · Score: 4, Informative

    Since when has Slashdot become a Luddite websites for those that fear change?

    XP is 15 years old! Things move on. We are tired of turning down 2008 era html 5 and leaving our phones with a better browser experience because of XP IE 6/8 compatibility from a different era. If the hardware is from 2008 or earlier you can install Linux for free?

    Do you not change your oil and timing belts either

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    http://saveie6.com/
  2. Re:Dear Microsoft, err, I mean Google by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 3, Informative

    Considering MS is not in the hardware business

    So they make phones, tablets, consoles, their own laptop, fitness bands and keyboards and mice but they aren't in the hardware business?

    Windows 10 was free,

    For one year and only for consumers.

    and MS is betting its future revenue on cloud services instead of Windows Server licenses.

    And yet those licenses are still a big portion of their revenue and revenue from that grew 6% just their last quarter.