HTTPS is more secure, so why isn't the Web using it?

Re:HTTPS is more secure, so why isn't the Web using it? by listrophy on Sunday March 20, 2011 @10:32PM (#2348149)

From the article, it's not so much the TLS protocol that allows SSL on virtual hosts, it's specifically the Server Name Indication (SNI) TLS extension. And every major browser version supports SNI except IE6 (arguably not major anymore) and any IE on XP (except maybe IE9?).

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Re:HTTPS is more secure, so why isn't the Web using it? by jedsmith on Sunday March 20, 2011 @10:43PM (#2348177)

IE9 will never run on XP, so you're right, just not in a way you expect.

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Re:HTTPS is more secure, so why isn't the Web using it? by listrophy on Monday March 21, 2011 @09:15AM (#2349496)

I thought that might be the case, but I figured I had already hit my limit on parenthetical phrases, so I didn't bother investigating.

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