Security News > 2020 > April > Microsoft finds itself in odd position of sparing elderly, insecure protocols: Grants stay of execution to TLS 1.0, 1.1

Microsoft has blinked once again and delayed disabling TLS 1.0 and 1.1 by default in its browsers until the latter part of 2020.

TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will soon be disabled by default in all supported Microsoft browsers, starting with Microsoft Edge version 84.

Internet Explorer 11, which Microsoft fervently wishes users would move on from, and Edge Legacy, the one everybody downloaded Chrome with, will see TLS 1.0 and 1.1 disabled by default from 8 September.

Microsoft has form when it comes to attempting to kill off elderly, insecure protocols.

Microsoft's delay will mean slightly less pressure on web servers to be upgraded to support TLS 1.2 and above but the respite, however welcome by under-pressure administrators, will be short-lived.

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