[GRLUG] Thunderbird on Win7

[Philip J. Robar]

On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:45 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

> FYI, TLS == StartTLS  (listing it as "StartTLS" rather than just "TLS"
> in the application is another example of TB's terrible UI design).
> StartTLS is the operation performed on the connection to go from an
> 'open' connection to an encrypted connection.
> 
> TLS *is* SSL v3.1.  TLS supersedes SSL (which is sorta-kinda
> deprecated).
> TLS 1.1 == SSL v3.2
> TLS 1.2 == SSL v3.3
> 
> It is all very odd, and a terrible choice in naming.  But a bit of
> reading will clear it up [and doing so is highly recommended].

There is a reason for the renaming. While SSL was the basis for TLS, the two protocols are incompatible. Calling TLS 1.0, SSL v3.1, would have implied otherwise.

As an aside, never use SSL versions less than 3. They're not secure.

Phil


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