Subj : Re: Unable to connect to GitHub in Windows XP Pro SP3's IE8 web browse To : All From : ANTant@zimage.com Date : Mon Jan 07 2019 10:02 pm Path: eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!n ewsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!feeder.erje.net!1.us.feeder. erje.net!news.ripco.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.c om!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-me dia.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!l ocal2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-fo r-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 21:02:00 -0600 From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) Subject: Re: Unable to connect to GitHub in Windows XP Pro SP3's IE8 web browser? Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support References: User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (Linux/4.1.3-200.fc22.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 21:02:00 -0600 Lines: 50 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.103.224.66 X-Trace: sv3-AIFLweskEvGK0YBEVwuicXO+GcUrLTb405I8Q5kVAQAlF3LEJzy8vod3KR204zfTv7CL5UJWCzW IgnT!+2Q/rhns/MLR+KpVdXJjBKU/uLqjC2ZuVAU+sZ/HbpFaComhYanWxwQuFcZi89Mknln8P5JZJR Wt!kD2Qj81Lc7WbgfZa3OnMsjjjVw4AyiA= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3407 X-Received-Bytes: 3519 X-Received-Body-CRC: 4163198450 Xref: mx02.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:126628 microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:31802 In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general VanguardLH wrote: > Ant wrote on 2016/01/06: > > > VanguardLH wrote: > > > >> IE9 was the highest version > >> you could install in Windows XP. So you should update from IE8 to IE9. > > > > Uh, IE9 didn't work on Windows XP. > My bad. I thought IE9 could be installed on Windows XP. According to: > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie-9/system-requi rements > Nope, IE9 won't install (if that's what you mean by "didn't work) on > Windows XP according to Microsoft. Sorry, I meant install. :) > > But there is no IE9 for Windows XP. > Yep, so you won't have the TLS protocols in your web browser that are > required by that site (and many others that dropped SSL and switched to > TLS). So you are stuck with a decision: get blocked by sites that > require safer connects via HTTPS or, as mentioned, "Switch to a better > web browser that supports TLS and other security methods when connecting > to web sites; e.g., Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome (or their > variants)." > A few years ago, many sites refused to let IE6 users connect. Not a > secure web browser and long unsupported. Then it was IE8. Since you > cannot get IE9 on Windows XP, you have to use some other web browser on > Windows XP. Thanks. :) -- Quote of the Week: "The ant's a centaur in his dragon world. Pull down thy vanity, it is not man... Made courage, or made order, or made grace,... Pull down thy vanity, I say pull down. Learn of the green world what can be thy place... In scaled invention or true artistry,... Pull down thy vanity,... Paquin pull down! The green casque has outdone your elegance." --Ezra Pound's poem Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- ( ) ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .