Is there such a thing as enabling too much encryption ?

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Steve H. - 15 May 2005 17:27 GMT

I always enable SSL 2.0. Is enabling SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 going to
interfere with rendering web pages if it's not required ? Thanks for
your time.

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Chris Russell - 18 May 2005 01:31 GMT

It will just allow you to use those security protocols. SSL 3.0 should have
already been checked as that has been in use for a number of years, TLS 1.0
is the next stronger protocol and has not been widely implemented as it is
not compatible to an SSL connection (as it is a different security transport
method). This web page might be interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer

Chris

>I always enable SSL 2.0. Is enabling SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 going to interfere
>with rendering web pages if it's not required ? Thanks for your time.

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Steve H. - 18 May 2005 03:16 GMT

> It will just allow you to use those security protocols. SSL 3.0 should have
> already been checked as that has been in use for a number of years, TLS 1.0
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>>I always enable SSL 2.0. Is enabling SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 going to interfere
>>with rendering web pages if it's not required ? Thanks for your time.

thanks a lot for the page and your time ! :-)

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Is there such a thing as enabling too much encryption ?