Thank you for your responses. It is interesting to see that there are still some IE4 users out there (albeit very few), so as you both say, its too soon to drop it.
We still have all our public non-ssl sites on distinct IP numbers so that any users of http 1.0 browsers can access all our sites. I imagine there are far fewer of those about. Speaking personally, if anyone can't access any of our sites with IE4, I won't be trying to fix it! - John Airey Internet systems support officer, ITCSD, Royal National Institute for the Blind, Bakewell Road, Peterborough PE2 6XU, Tel.: +44 (0) 1733 375299 Fax: +44 (0) 1733 370848 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >-----Original Message----- >From: Ed Kubaitis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 11 October 2001 19:14 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Ditching support for IE4 with Apache-mod_ssl > > >-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I've noticed recently that Microsoft no longer support any >version of IE >> lower than IE5.01 (specifically SP2 with the Q295106 >hotfix). As there are >> some serious issues with IE3, like the now expired root >certificates, isn't >> now a good time to stop supporting browser sessions with IE4? >> >> I would not be surprised if any future updates to IIS >prevent these from >> working, so why should mod_ssl worry about a now unsupported >browser that >> creates so many posts to this list? >> >> Obviously I realise that there are many users still using >IE4 and below, >> hence this does need some consideration. >> >> What do people think? >> > >Too soon to drop IE4 support in my opinion. Here are stats >based on a recent sample of 148,000 different host addresses >visiting a web server here that indicate IE4 is still used by >~5% of IE users and ~4% of all users: > >http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/bstats/latest-month.html > >-- >Ed Kubaitis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CCSO - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > - NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email's content. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and then delete the email and any attachments from your system. RNIB has made strenuous efforts to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any viruses which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RNIB. RNIB Registered Charity Number: 226227 Website: http://www.rnib.org.uk ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
