A friend on FB posted this~~ Some things in the world pass totally unseen.
Today, I saw a co-ordinated change that sent me into a spiral to troubleshoot the problem.
This problem may never knowingly affect you but it will reverberate throughout the Information Technology sphere for some time.
I'll get to the point.
You use a web browser (firefox, chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Android, Opera, whatever).
You often access SSL websites (e.g.
https://www.google.com.au).
Both Google (chrome) and Firefox (50.0.02) UPDATES have chosen (co-ordinated) to NEVER recognise older versions of encryption (TLS/SSL).
Therefore, me and millions of others can never access our encryted websites and mail (without updated encrytion - TLS/SSL). By the way, this is quite a big job (to update everything on the servers).
I don't mean to labour the point but what has happened to you seamlessly (without you knowing) has happened for a reason (and it has occurred suddenly in multiple browsers/enterprises/environments without advice or consultation - why?).
I know that many of you love looking at cute kitten videos and unicorns and all things pink but just take a second to think about the actual reason for this huge change (and its impact).
Maybe, I should clarify. If I had made all these websites UNencrypted (
http://) instead of encrypted (
https://) I would NOT even be writing this (how is that possible?).
Just ask ............... Why?
Did your login over the Internet just change for no apparent reason?
Hopefully, this will impact some of you directly and you will ask the question (why?).
The answers to "why" are quite intriguing and very hard to find.
Google
GOOGLE.COM.AU