What’s “SSLv3 or TLSv1.0”?
The router is an xfinity (Commiecast) unit, and is updated weekly, I’ve been told. I ditched the Linksys years ago.
Many thanks for the sage and appreciated advice, but I’m staying w/ Win-7. Everything important is moved onto external ‘My Book’ drives, and is also backed-up to another WD external drive.
SSLv3 (Secure Socket Layer version 3) and TLSv1.0 (Transport Layer Security version 1.0) are cryptographic protocols used to secure communications to and from your machine. Both of these protocols are deprecated. TLSv1.2 is the current standard, and TLSv1.3 is starting to become ubiquitous.
SSLv3 and TLSv1.0 have been easily compromised and are considered insecure. Windows 7 supported these protocols out of the box, and if you haven’t taken steps to turn off support, they’re still active.
TLSv1.2 will eventually become deprecated as processing power increases, and Win7 will never be updated to support TLSv1.3 or future cryptographic functionality. Caveat emptor.