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Re: [Bug-wget] Deprecate TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1


From: Tim Rühsen
Subject: Re: [Bug-wget] Deprecate TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 11:07:20 +0200
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On 14.07.2018 23:57, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 6:44 AM, Loganaden Velvindron <address@hidden> wrote:
>> ...
>> As per:
>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-moriarty-tls-oldversions-diediedie-00
>>
>> Attached is a tentative patch to disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 by
>> default. No doubt that this will cause some discussions, I'm open to
>> hearing all opinions on this.
> 
> What will users do?
> 
> I'm guessing most will turn to --no-check-certificate or HTTP, which
> has the net effect of removing security, not improving it.
> 
> Stack Overflow is littered with the --no-check-certificate answer for
> questions ranging from "how do I use wget to download a file" to "how
> do I make my PHP work again".

This is to accept "broken / misused" certificates (lifetime exceeded,
wrong domain, etc.) - but maybe I am wrong. Could you explain what the
TLS version has to do with this ? AFAICS, if a server doesn't speak
TLS1.2, this option this option isn't of any use.

Regards, Tim

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