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Re: [TLS] ALPN concerns

Yoav Nir <ynir@checkpoint.com> Wed, 06 November 2013 01:36 UTC

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One other thing: Microsoft has released IE 11 that has ALPN. So if ALPN makes TLS fail, then those 2.3% of websites are now inaccessible by Internet Explorer. That is one big reason to upgrade their BigIP box.

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