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Old 06-27-2018, 05:23 PM   #1376
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Originally Posted by SilenceIsGolden View Post
Now that my panic is gone (I still have quite a bit of $$ in B&N gift cards!):
can someone with a bit more technical understanding than I have give his/her two cents on this? With the little bit I know, I don't actually see why Nook for PC is supposed to stop functioning based on that announcement. I mean, B&N stopped support for it quite a while back.

I'd appreciate any further info. Thank you!
Basically, the web site and the application will no longer have an encryption protocol in common so they will not be able to transfer data securely. When Netscape first introduced the HTTPS protocol, it used SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) as the security protocol, now most websites use TLS (Transport Layer Security). Due to issues with how SSL security was negotiated and the increase in speed of computers, SSL can no longer be considered secure and many websites and browsers no longer allow fallback to SSL. You might to check SSL and TLS Protocols for more information and/or a helping of sheer boredom.
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