Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2020-01-06 Thread Tom Beecher
Wikipedia deprecated 1.0 and 1.1 on Jan 1, 2020. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla are all deprecating 1.0 and 1.1 in their browsers by March 2020. Chrome will start showing warnings about 1.0 and 1.1 I think next week? This isn't an assault on the free flow of information. On Tue, Dec 31,

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2020-01-06 Thread Jeff Shultz
Not having available for use, yes. But mandating it? On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 3:58 AM Yang Yu wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 4:17 AM Keith Medcalf wrote: > > I am curious -- what exactly are those "obvious reasons"? (And for the > > record HTTP *IS* being used, it is just being tunneled

RE: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2020-01-06 Thread Goltz, Jim (NIH/CIT) [E] via NANOG
? -- Jim Goltz HHS/NIH/CIT/Network Services -Original Message- From: John Adams Sent: Tuesday, 31 December, 2019 05:05 To: Matt Hoppes Cc: Constantine A. Murenin ; North American Network Operators' Group Subject: Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2020-01-06 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 08:45:11AM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote: > > > > On Dec 31, 2019, at 8:37 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > > > Silicon Valley is typically out of touch with reality. > > [...] > If I have an old tablet that my kids use to do wikipedia and are now > locked out, that’s forcing an

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2020-01-06 Thread Yang Yu
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 4:17 AM Keith Medcalf wrote: > I am curious -- what exactly are those "obvious reasons"? (And for the > record HTTP *IS* being used, it is just being tunneled inside a TLS > connection). For a popular site, it would be doing a disservice to its customers by not using

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread joel jaeggli
On 12/31/19 08:25, Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 12/31/19 8:10 AM, joel jaeggli wrote: >> Argumentation on the basis of a tu quoque fallacy doesn't really add >> much to the dicussion. Depreciating potentialy dangerous and definitely >> obsolete protocols does not make you a hypocrite. > > > Then

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Royce Williams
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 7:46 AM Matt Harris wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 10:34 AM Royce Williams > wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 7:17 AM Matt Harris wrote: >> >>> >>> The better solution here isn't to continue to support known-flawed >>> protocols, which perhaps puts those same

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Peter Beckman
On Dec 31, 2019, at 00:30, Matt Hoppes wrote: Why do I need Wikipedia SSLed? I know the argument. But if it doesn’t work why not either let it fall back to 1.0 or to HTTP. This seems like security for no valid reason. On Dec 31, 2019, at 04:04, John Adams wrote: because no one should

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Job Snijders
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 17:26 Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 12/31/19 8:10 AM, joel jaeggli wrote: > > Argumentation on the basis of a tu quoque fallacy doesn't really add > > much to the dicussion. Depreciating potentialy dangerous and definitely > > obsolete protocols does not make you a hypocrite.

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Matt Harris
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 10:34 AM Royce Williams wrote: > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 7:17 AM Matt Harris wrote: > >> >> The better solution here isn't to continue to support known-flawed >> protocols, which perhaps puts those same populations you're referring to >> here at greatest risk, but rather

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Royce Williams
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 7:32 AM Royce Williams wrote: > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 7:17 AM Matt Harris wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:11 AM Seth Mattinen wrote: >> >>> On 12/31/19 12:50 AM, Ryan Hamel wrote: >>> > Just let the old platforms ride off into the sunset as originally >>> >

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Josh Luthman
No one mentioned the passwords need to be encrypted? Why have an old encryption method that isn't secure? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 11:34 AM Royce Williams wrote: > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 7:17 AM

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Royce Williams
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 7:17 AM Matt Harris wrote: > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:11 AM Seth Mattinen wrote: > >> On 12/31/19 12:50 AM, Ryan Hamel wrote: >> > Just let the old platforms ride off into the sunset as originally >> > planned like the SSL implementations in older JRE installs, XP, etc.

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread John Von Essen
There are really two arguments here. 1. TLSv1.0 is insecure and should never be used in an HTTPS scenario - cant argue with this 2. Alot of static content sites are forcing HTTPS even though “technically” there is nothing that needs to be secured in transit - this is where the argument lies.

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 12/31/19 8:10 AM, joel jaeggli wrote: Argumentation on the basis of a tu quoque fallacy doesn't really add much to the dicussion. Depreciating potentialy dangerous and definitely obsolete protocols does not make you a hypocrite. Then how about privilege? If someone is living in a

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Nick Hilliard
joel jaeggli wrote on 31/12/2019 18:10: TLS1.0 is genuinely hard to support at this point. Doing so limits the tooling you can use, It limits the CDNs that you can use. It forces you to use obsolete codes bases. not just that, TLS 1.2 has been around since 2008, i.e. 1 month before android

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Matt Harris
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:11 AM Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 12/31/19 12:50 AM, Ryan Hamel wrote: > > Just let the old platforms ride off into the sunset as originally > > planned like the SSL implementations in older JRE installs, XP, etc. You > > shouldn't be holding onto the past. > > > Because

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Royce Williams
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 6:12 AM Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 12/31/19 12:50 AM, Ryan Hamel wrote: > > Just let the old platforms ride off into the sunset as originally > > planned like the SSL implementations in older JRE installs, XP, etc. You > > shouldn't be holding onto the past. > > > Because

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread joel jaeggli
On 12/31/19 07:10, Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 12/31/19 12:50 AM, Ryan Hamel wrote: >> Just let the old platforms ride off into the sunset as originally >> planned like the SSL implementations in older JRE installs, XP, etc. >> You shouldn't be holding onto the past. > > > Because poor people

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
://www.midwest-ix.com - Original Message - From: "Matt Harris" To: "Matt Hoppes" Cc: "Constantine A. Murenin" , "North American Network Operators' Group" Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 10:02:26 AM Subject: Re: Wikipedia drops support for ol

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Matt Harris
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 2:30 AM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > Why do I need Wikipedia SSLed? I know the argument. But if it doesn’t > work why not either let it fall back to 1.0 or to HTTP. > > This seems like security for no valid reason. Being able to authenticate

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread DaKnOb
I still don’t see any multi-million dollar donation receipts though.. So if we want to do this, do we sacrifice security for the 99.9% or do we have Wikimedia pay the bill? Oh, BTW, I have some network equipment with only 16-bit ASN support, or no large communities, or no IPv6, or no AES, or

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 12/31/19 12:50 AM, Ryan Hamel wrote: Just let the old platforms ride off into the sunset as originally planned like the SSL implementations in older JRE installs, XP, etc. You shouldn't be holding onto the past. Because poor people anywhere on earth that might not have access to the

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Jared Mauch
> On Dec 31, 2019, at 8:37 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > Silicon Valley is typically out of touch with reality. > I think this is a bit over the top and troll-ish but there is a big thing going on in circles where transport integrity and secrecy are tied together when it’s not necessary.

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
tt Hoppes" Cc: "Constantine A. Murenin" , "North American Network Operators' Group" Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 4:04:54 AM Subject: Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read because no one should know what you read about

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
ot;North American Network Operators' Group" Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 2:50:55 AM Subject: Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read Just let the old platforms ride off into the sunset as originally planned like the SSL implementations in ol

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
nthal via NANOG" To: "John Adams" Cc: "Constantine A. Murenin" , "North American Network Operators' Group" Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 5:30:58 AM Subject: Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read ...

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
, December 31, 2019 3:47:58 AM Subject: Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read Ignoring the obvious reasons why TLS is needed and HTTP should not be used, I guess people who want an HTTP version of Wikipedia that is read-only and knowingly insecure, censorabl

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
Silicon Valley is typically out of touch with reality. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com - Original Message - From: "Constantine A. Murenin" To: "North American Network Operators' Group" Sent:

RE: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Keith Medcalf
On Tuesday, 31 December, 2019 04:44, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: >Just to make it clear: are you suggesting that it should be a requirement >to always verify the site where anonymous people make anonymous edits? >Let that sink in. TLS 1.2 as deployed in Web Browsers does not authenticate

RE: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Keith Medcalf
On Tuesday, 31 December, 2019 02:48, Antonios Chariton wrote: >Ignoring the obvious reasons why TLS is needed and HTTP should not be >used, I am curious -- what exactly are those "obvious reasons"? (And for the record HTTP *IS* being used, it is just being tunneled inside a TLS

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Constantine A. Murenin
Just to make it clear: are you suggesting that it should be a requirement to always verify the site where anonymous people make anonymous edits? Let that sink in. C. On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 05:31, J. Hellenthal wrote: > ... because you should be able to verify the site you are at is actually >

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Constantine A. Murenin
Well, that would be nothing, because they're blocking your device from having any access. C. On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 04:04, John Adams wrote: > because no one should know what you read about or check out at wikipedia > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 31, 2019, at 00:30, Matt Hoppes < >

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread J. Hellenthal via NANOG
... because you should be able to verify the site you are at is actually the site you intended to be at... Let the old crap go. Besides the sheer amount of ppl left that have the older phones most likely are not going to Wikipedia anyway. -- J. Hellenthal The fact that there's a highway to

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread John Adams
because no one should know what you read about or check out at wikipedia Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 31, 2019, at 00:30, Matt Hoppes > wrote: > > Why do I need Wikipedia SSLed? I know the argument. But if it doesn’t work > why not either let it fall back to 1.0 or to HTTP. > > This

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Antonios Chariton
Ignoring the obvious reasons why TLS is needed and HTTP should not be used, I guess people who want an HTTP version of Wikipedia that is read-only and knowingly insecure, censorable, modifiable, etc. can donate a few million dollars to the Wikimedia Foundation, before the tax year is over, for

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Ryan Hamel
Just let the old platforms ride off into the sunset as originally planned like the SSL implementations in older JRE installs, XP, etc. You shouldn't be holding onto the past. Ryan On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 12:41 AM Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 02:29, Matt Hoppes < >

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Constantine A. Murenin
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 02:29, Matt Hoppes wrote: > Why do I need Wikipedia SSLed? I know the argument. But if it doesn’t > work why not either let it fall back to 1.0 or to HTTP. > > This seems like security for no valid reason. Exactly. I used the wording from their own page; but I think

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-31 Thread Matt Hoppes
Why do I need Wikipedia SSLed? I know the argument. But if it doesn’t work why not either let it fall back to 1.0 or to HTTP. This seems like security for no valid reason.

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-30 Thread Constantine A. Murenin
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 01:40, Quan Zhou wrote: > > On 12/31/19 15:34, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > > removing support for insecure TLS protocol versions, specifically > > TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1 > > This is actually a good thing. There are many *valid technical reasons* > behind this. You should

Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

2019-12-30 Thread Quan Zhou
On 12/31/19 15:34, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: removing support for insecure TLS protocol versions, specifically TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1 This is actually a good thing. There are many *valid technical reasons* behind this. You should do this too.