Moving the Internet to TLS 1.3, asap

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You do know that WPA-2 is fundamentally flawed? And you know that some versions of TLS are weak from a security point-of-view?

Imagine that a new building material had been created which was stronger than all previous ones? Or where it was found that a previous building material had flaws? Civil engineers would be really pushing it out. But with TLS 1.3 and WPA 3? Where the great voice of the cybersecurity industry pushing forward to fix the flaws of the past? A little quiet, perhaps?

So before you read on, you might want to read a basic introduction to TLS 1.3:

In terms of adoption, it has risen to around 30%, but still around 40% of Web sites on the Internet are support TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1. The impact of turning-off TLS 1.0 is likely to be minimal, and would significantly reduce the exposure to attacks. Here is the results from 11 Sept 2021:

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.