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Re:New JavaScript hacking tool can intercept PayPal, other s... by jness on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @01:55PM (#3023010)
To protect against this attack on Windows 7 and WS08 R2 client-side when browsing to sites that support it, enable TLS 1.1:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.1\Client] "DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000000

If both client and server support TLS 1.1, the conversation will use TLS 1.1 and this attack will not work. This vulnerability demonstration will probably prompt websites such as PayPal to consider adding TLS 1.1 support.

If you host a website using IIS on Windows Server 2008 R2, you can enable TLS 1.1 server-side as an option for customers that have enabled it client side. That regkey is

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.1\Server] "DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000000

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