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Microsoft Outlines IE7 Security Plans
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 22:50, 27th October 2005 GMT
Source: Tech Republic
Microsoft is tightening up the way its Internet Explorer browser (IE) handles HTTPS for version 7, which is used to secure online transactions, in an attempt to give users more protection online. In a posting on the Microsoft Internet Explorer blog, IE program manager Eric Lawrence said that IE7 would support the Transport Layer Security protocol (TLS) by default.
Existing versions of IE automatically use the SSL 2.0 protocol, which is weaker than TLS, to encrypt user data, although it is possible to manually switch to TLS. Microsoft's decision to ditch support for SSL 2.0 means that any site that still requires this protocol should upgrade, but Lawrence claimed there are "only a handful" of such sites.
Lawrence also explained how IE7 will behave differently from earlier versions when it encounters potential security problems. "Whenever IE6 encountered a problem with a HTTPS-delivered Web page, the user was informed via a modal dialog box and was asked to make a security decision. IE7 follows the XPSP2 'secure by default' paradigm by defaulting to the secure behavior," said Lawrence.
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