Hwo to test tls 1.2
This change only affects Friendbuy's REST API.
HWO TO TEST TLS 1.2 UPGRADE
If you are still using TLS version 1.0, you will need to upgrade to 1.1 or 1.2 prior to March 1st to ensure that requests to our platform continue to function. Still to come: limiting Chrome and Internet Explorer to TLS 1.2, and doing the same with the Endless browser on iOS.Please be advised that starting on March 1, 2018, Friendbuy will be deprecating support for TLS version 1.0. At their SSL server test, any website that does not support TLS 1.2, can't score higher than a C. But try to load them in a copy of Firefox that has been restricted to TLS 1.2, and they fail.įinally, is limiting Firefox to TLS 1.2 really worth the trouble? Testing for TLS 1.0 at If you try to load these pages in a normal web browser, all goes well, as shown above. There are two test websites: one that only supports TLS version 1.1 and another that only supports version 1.0. Tester pages are available at the site, which is maintained by April King from Mozilla and Lucas Garron from Google. It also reports on TLS 1.3, but as this version is still in draft mode, it can be ignored. If the tweaking worked as expected, you should see a "Yes" for TLS 1.2 and a "No" for TLS 1.1, TLS 1.0, SSL 3 and SSL 2. Visit the SSL Client Test site, and the test runs automatically. That is, rather than test websites, it tests your web browser. The same company also offers the reverse test. In this blog, I have repeatedly praised the SSL Server test from Qualys/SSL Labs. In that case, how do you know the tweaking of Firefox really worked? You may go months before encountering a website that does not support TLS 1.2. On Android, however, Firefox 54 does not say that your network security settings are the issue and there is no button to restore the default settings. The screen shot is from Firefox version 54 Windows, the error message on OS X is the same. I consider this a trap because it resets Firefox to again accept the older, less secure TLS versions (1.0 and 1.1). Do you want the default settings to be restored?" along with the blue "Restore default settings" button. Specifically, the note that "It looks like your network security settings might be causing this. įinally, the bottom of the message is a trap. And, annoyingly, the message does not say what unsupported version it encountered. There are three problems, however, with this Firefox error message.įor one thing, TLS 1.0 and 1.1, which the website is using, is indeed supported by Firefox-its just that a particular instance of the browser was configured not to use them. The security protocol it refers to is TLS. Error code: SSL_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION Peer using unsupported version of security protocol. An error occurred during a connection to. The error message from Firefox 54 when a website does not support TLS 1.2 and it only supports TLS 1.2įor the benefit of search engines, the error reads Secure Connection Failed. Last time, I discussed tweaking Firefox so that it only supports TLS version 1.2 and not the older versions (1.0 and 1.1) of the protocol.īut that begs the question: What happens when a security-reinforced copy of Firefox encounters a website that does not support TLS 1.2? The answer is shown below. There are multiple versions of the TLS protocol, and the most recent version, 1.2, is the most secure. TLS is the protocol invoked under the covers when viewing secure websites (those loaded with HTTPS rather than HTTP).