Another Adaptation for Windows XP Users

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Google's certificate announcement contains a hidden surprise for Windows XP users


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Windows XP users can get around this problem by switching their browsers to Chrome or Firefox.



Here's a list of browsers which support the TLS SNI extension:

From Wikipedia

"Browsers with support for TLS server name indication[6] [edit]

Internet Explorer 7 or later, on Windows Vista or higher. Does not work on Windows XP, even Internet Explorer 8 (because the support of this feature is not browser version dependent, it depends on SChannel system component which introduced the support of TLS SNI extension, starting from Windows Vista, not XP).[7]

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later

Opera 8.0 (2005) or later (the TLS 1.1 protocol must be enabled)[8]

Opera Mobile at least version 10.1 beta on Android[citation needed]

Google Chrome (Vista or higher. XP on Chrome 6 or newer.[9] OS X 10.5.7 or higher on Chrome 5.0.342.1 or newer)

Safari 3.0 or later (Mac OS X 10.5.6 or higher and Windows Vista or higher)

Konqueror/KDE 4.7 or later [10]

MobileSafari in Apple iOS 4.0 or later[11]

Android default browser on Honeycomb (v3.x) or newer[12]

Windows Phone 7[citation needed]

MicroB on Maemo

Odyssey on MorphOS"

[sherlew99]

I found some tutorials on how to import bookmarks and setting from Internet Explorer to Chrome and Firefox:

For Chrome

For Firefox


I prefer Chrome because if takes less resources and runs quicker on my computer.


Here's a couple more links:

Using Google Chrome.

Using Firefox