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Test results for mit.edu

Scanned on: Tue Jan 2 15:02:18 2024 GMT. Tested in 432 seconds

DNS Report

DNSSEC                 not offered
Zone transfer (AXFR)   not allowed (OK)
CAA Record             not offered
SPF Record             offered (OK)
DMARC Record           offered (OK)
MTA-STS                not offered
TLSRPT Record          not offered

Raw DNS Records

Name TTL Type Data
mit.edu 1800 SOA use2.akam.net network-request @ mit.edu 18919 900 900 3600000 3600
mit.edu 1800 NS asia1.akam.net, IPv4: 95.100.175.64
mit.edu 1800 NS asia2.akam.net, IPv4: 95.101.36.64
mit.edu 1800 NS eur5.akam.net, IPv4: 23.74.25.64
mit.edu 1800 NS ns1-173.akam.net, IPv4: 193.108.91.173, IPv6: 2600:1401:2:0:0:0:0:ad
mit.edu 1800 NS ns1-37.akam.net, IPv4: 193.108.91.37, IPv6: 2600:1401:2:0:0:0:0:25
mit.edu 1800 NS use2.akam.net, IPv4: 96.7.49.64
mit.edu 1800 NS use5.akam.net, IPv4: 2.16.40.64, IPv6: 2600:1403:a:0:0:0:0:40
mit.edu 1800 NS usw2.akam.net, IPv4: 184.26.161.64
mit.edu 20 A 23.37.44.254
mit.edu 20 AAAA 2a02:26f0:ab00:39f:0:0:0:255e
mit.edu 20 AAAA 2a02:26f0:ab00:3a4:0:0:0:255e
mit.edu 120 MX 100 mit-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com
mit.edu 1800 TXT v=spf1 include:_s00430413.autospf.email -all
mit.edu 1800 TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=0817e32603f0dda03188b9f1f3bbaf4f754c5322926036af8890df7bf65cb90d
mit.edu 1800 TXT wpe-verification=mitcomplex
mit.edu 1800 TXT cisco-ci-domain-verification=436f2c431d7b4d7584fcafa37081790f5f05a4a915d45af8706b3989ccf2f878
mit.edu 1800 TXT airtable-manual-domain-verification=ce83c94e-0127-4fd3-9265-3b37a46a7b8a
mit.edu 1800 TXT amazonses:asyYfDTQj+TCy9t5jFbakgwGbomDqXREEs3KdC0iMQE=
mit.edu 1800 TXT docusign=78c4c36c-1180-44b1-b277-be9be4a08b73
mit.edu 1800 TXT ecgkc7fnflsm01hh6uqjr86h02
mit.edu 1800 TXT docusign=37fbdad0-5267-4b79-9402-ff9df7e9331f
mit.edu 1800 TXT google-site-verification=qNAffaSjUkhb2JCBb1BQ2nXAkcNYLeLc7G6vjMRD1js
mit.edu 1800 TXT google-site-verification=6ethhhET4cfz7L1Dfve9bCOTAqMr6IU79Va6gb8HxlA
mit.edu 1800 TXT 1VNZ334aKc8FypCKDhIMOQBsKFd8gCgTFQuPlDwQfzPNxPCKonTOnhuFQ8+kE32E2TgkBiOp9EFab5nfVc+38g==
mit.edu 1800 TXT stripe-verification=fe726543b783764b2ba9137f4e675faa0709416ac7a5d9f50e21248a706ad93d
mit.edu 1800 TXT google-site-verification=b4-1loZHD1WzNmews_hsTTKL__gLblD6iKBFbA4j97c
mit.edu 1800 TXT google-site-verification=pqf9o422iIeT7mzfZmQwkpLYH3VTlB05OC9c_OncFOg
mit.edu 1800 TXT wpe-verification=cces
mit.edu 1800 TXT wpe-verification=paiamitedu
mit.edu 1800 TXT pardot_310211_*=a4e9728d1b90355b6240f4d7778cc4da11c10a20552ae99e6ed03d8e48c06583
mit.edu 1800 TXT cisco-ci-domain-verification=42cb2bb6ed6de4e9f5d39ad76a2b2765e897dba84c1285cec905c9171ca6364
_dmarc.mit.edu 60 TXT v=DMARC1; p=none; rua= mailto : dmarcreports @ mit.edu
www.mit.edu 1800 CNAME www.mit.edu.edgekey.net

SSL/TLS Report

 Further IP addresses:   2a02:26f0:ab00:39f::255e 2a02:26f0:ab00:3a4::255e 
 A record via            supplied IP "23.37.44.254"
 rDNS (23.37.44.254):    a23-37-44-254.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com.
 Service detected:       HTTP


 SSL/TLS protocols 
 SSLv2      not offered (OK)
 SSLv3      not offered (OK)
 TLS 1      not offered
 TLS 1.1    not offered
 TLS 1.2    offered (OK)
 TLS 1.3    not offered -- downgraded
 NPN/SPDY   http/1.1, http/1.0 (advertised)
 ALPN/HTTP2 http/1.1 (offered)

 SSL/TLS server implementation bugs 

 No bugs found.

 Cipher categories 

 NULL ciphers (no encryption)                  not offered (OK) -- NULL:eNULL
 Anonymous NULL Ciphers (no authentication)    not offered (OK) -- aNULL:ADH
 Export ciphers (w/o ADH+NULL)                 not offered (OK) -- EXPORT:!ADH:!NULL
 LOW: 64 Bit + DES encryption (w/o export)     not offered (OK) -- LOW:DES:!ADH:!EXP:!NULL
 Weak 128 Bit ciphers (SEED, IDEA, RC[2,4])    not offered (OK) -- MEDIUM:!aNULL:!AES:!CAMELLIA:!ARIA:!CHACHA20:!3DES
 Triple DES Ciphers (Medium)                   not offered (OK) -- 3DES:!aNULL:!ADH
 High encryption (AES+Camellia, no AEAD)       offered (OK) -- HIGH:!NULL:!aNULL:!DES:!3DES:!AESGCM:!CHACHA20:!AESGCM:!CamelliaGCM:!AESCCM8:!AESCCM
 Strong encryption (AEAD ciphers)              offered (OK) -- AESGCM:CHACHA20:AESGCM:CamelliaGCM:AESCCM8:AESCCM


 Robust (perfect) forward secrecy, (P)FS -- omitting Null Authentication/Encryption, 3DES, RC4 

 PFS is offered (OK)          ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 
                              ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA 
                              ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 
                              ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 
                              ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA 
 Elliptic curves offered:     prime256v1 X25519 


 Server preferences 

 Has server cipher order?     yes (OK)
 Negotiated protocol          TLSv1.2
 Negotiated cipher            ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Cipher order
    TLSv1.2:   ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 
               ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 
               ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA 
               ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA AES256-GCM-SHA384 AES128-GCM-SHA256 
               AES256-SHA256 AES128-SHA256 AES256-SHA AES128-SHA 


 Server defaults (Server Hello) 

 TLS extensions (standard)    "renegotiation info/#65281" "server name/#0"
                              "EC point formats/#11" "session ticket/#35"
                              "status request/#5" "next protocol/#13172"
                              "max fragment length/#1"
                              "application layer protocol negotiation/#16"
 Session Ticket RFC 5077 hint 83100 seconds, session tickets keys seems to be rotated < daily
 SSL Session ID support       yes
 Session Resumption           Tickets: yes, ID: yes
 TLS clock skew               Random values, no fingerprinting possible 
 Signature Algorithm          SHA256 with RSA
 Server key size              RSA 2048 bits
 Server key usage             Digital Signature, Key Encipherment
 Server extended key usage    TLS Web Server Authentication, TLS Web Client Authentication
 Serial / Fingerprints        03F54F1F17E3C4C945E5FD4ACE9736DA / SHA1 DBECD251BBA6304380A0B71C77C7D2621B0D6EB5
                              SHA256 160016C85094506BB9726B7BB2A54D9A04361D2923B4E11511760EC62A6593B4
 Common Name (CN)             web.mit.edu
 subjectAltName (SAN)         web.mit.edu alum-dev.mit.edu alum.mit.edu
                              betterworld.mit.edu emergency-dev.mit.edu
                              emergency.mit.edu emergency.mit.net
                              events-static.mit.edu giving-dev.mit.edu
                              giving.mit.edu img.mit.edu medical.mit.edu
                              mit.edu mit.mit.edu mitpress.mit.edu news.mit.edu
                              newsoffice.mit.edu staging-mitpress.mit.edu
                              swartz-documents.mit.edu swartz-report.mit.edu
                              test-medical.mit.edu
                              thereader-staging.mitpress.mit.edu
                              thereader.mitpress.mit.edu w.mit.edu w3.mit.edu
                              web-cert.mit.edu web-forms.mit.edu web.mit
                              www-cert.mit.edu www-mit.mit.edu www.mit
                              www.mit.edu www.newsoffice.mit.edu
                              www.web.mit.edu wwww.mit.edu 
 Issuer                       GeoTrust RSA CA 2018 (DigiCert Inc from US)
 Trust (hostname)             Ok via SAN (same w/o SNI)
 Chain of trust               Ok   
 EV cert (experimental)       no 
 Certificate Validity (UTC)   182 >= 60 days (2023-07-02 00:00 --> 2024-07-02 23:59)
 # of certificates provided   2
 Certificate Revocation List  http://cdp.geotrust.com/GeoTrustRSACA2018.crl
 OCSP URI                     http://status.geotrust.com
 OCSP stapling                offered
 OCSP must staple extension   --
 DNS CAA RR (experimental)    not offered
 Certificate Transparency     yes (certificate extension)


 HTTP header response @ "/" 

 HTTP Status Code             302 Moved Temporarily, redirecting to "https://web.mit.edu/"
 HTTP clock skew              0 sec from localtime
 Strict Transport Security    not offered
 Public Key Pinning           --
 Server banner                AkamaiGHost
 Application banner           --
 Cookie(s)                    (none issued at "/") -- maybe better try target URL of 30x
 Security headers             --
 Reverse Proxy banner         --


 SSL/TLS vulnerabilities 

 Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160)                not vulnerable (OK), no heartbeat extension
 CCS (CVE-2014-0224)                       not vulnerable (OK)
 Ticketbleed (CVE-2016-9244), experiment.  not vulnerable (OK)
 ROBOT                                     not vulnerable (OK)
 Secure Renegotiation (CVE-2009-3555)      not vulnerable (OK)
 Secure Client-Initiated Renegotiation     VULNERABLE (NOT ok), DoS threat
 CRIME, TLS (CVE-2012-4929)                not vulnerable (OK)
 BREACH (CVE-2013-3587)                    no HTTP compression (OK)  - only supplied "/" tested
 POODLE, SSL (CVE-2014-3566)               not vulnerable (OK)
 TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV (RFC 7507)              No fallback possible, no protocol below TLS 1.2 offered (OK)
 SWEET32 (CVE-2016-2183, CVE-2016-6329)    not vulnerable (OK)
 FREAK (CVE-2015-0204)                     not vulnerable (OK)
 DROWN (CVE-2016-0800, CVE-2016-0703)      not vulnerable on this host and port (OK)
                                           make sure you don't use this certificate elsewhere with SSLv2 enabled services
                                           https://censys.io/ipv4?q=160016C85094506BB9726B7BB2A54D9A04361D2923B4E11511760EC62A6593B4
                                           could help you to find out
 LOGJAM (CVE-2015-4000), experimental      not vulnerable (OK): no DH EXPORT ciphers, no DH key detected
 BEAST (CVE-2011-3389)                     no SSL3 or TLS1 (OK)
 LUCKY13 (CVE-2013-0169), experimental     potentially VULNERABLE, uses cipher block chaining (CBC) ciphers with TLS. Check patches
 RC4 (CVE-2013-2566, CVE-2015-2808)        no RC4 ciphers detected (OK)


 Tested 364 ciphers, ordered by encryption strength 

Hexcode  Cipher Suite Name (OpenSSL)       KeyExch.   Encryption  Bits     Cipher Suite Name (RFC)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 xc030   ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384       ECDH 256   AESGCM      256      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384              
 xc028   ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384           ECDH 256   AES         256      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384              
 xc014   ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA              ECDH 256   AES         256      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA                 
 xcca8   ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305       ECDH 256   ChaCha20    256      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256        
 x9d     AES256-GCM-SHA384                 RSA        AESGCM      256      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384                    
 x3d     AES256-SHA256                     RSA        AES         256      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256                    
 x35     AES256-SHA                        RSA        AES         256      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA                       
 xc02f   ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256       ECDH 256   AESGCM      128      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256              
 xc027   ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256           ECDH 256   AES         128      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256              
 xc013   ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA              ECDH 256   AES         128      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA                 
 x9c     AES128-GCM-SHA256                 RSA        AESGCM      128      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256                    
 x3c     AES128-SHA256                     RSA        AES         128      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256                    
 x2f     AES128-SHA                        RSA        AES         128      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA                       


 Ciphers per protocol, ordered by encryption strength 

Hexcode  Cipher Suite Name (OpenSSL)       KeyExch.   Encryption  Bits     Cipher Suite Name (RFC)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TLS 1.3  
TLS 1.2  
 xc030   ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384       ECDH 256   AESGCM      256      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384              
 xc028   ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384           ECDH 256   AES         256      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384              
 xc014   ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA              ECDH 256   AES         256      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA                 
 xcca8   ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305       ECDH 256   ChaCha20    256      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256        
 x9d     AES256-GCM-SHA384                 RSA        AESGCM      256      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384                    
 x3d     AES256-SHA256                     RSA        AES         256      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256                    
 x35     AES256-SHA                        RSA        AES         256      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA                       
 xc02f   ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256       ECDH 256   AESGCM      128      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256              
 xc027   ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256           ECDH 256   AES         128      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256              
 xc013   ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA              ECDH 256   AES         128      TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA                 
 x9c     AES128-GCM-SHA256                 RSA        AESGCM      128      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256                    
 x3c     AES128-SHA256                     RSA        AES         128      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256                    
 x2f     AES128-SHA                        RSA        AES         128      TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA                       
TLS 1.1  
TLS 1  
SSLv3  
SSLv2  

 Client simulations 

 Android 2.3.7                No connection
 Android 4.0.4                No connection
 Android 4.1.1                No connection
 Android 4.2.2                No connection
 Android 4.3                  No connection
 Android 4.4.2                TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Android 5.0.0                TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Android 6.0                  TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Android 7.0                  TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 27 Win 7              No connection
 Chrome 28 Win 7              No connection
 Chrome 29 Win 7              No connection
 Chrome 30 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 31 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 32 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 33 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 34 OS X               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 35 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 36 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 37 OS X               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 39 OS X               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 40 OS X               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 42 OS X               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 43 OS X               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 45 OS X               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 47 OS X               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 48 OS X               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 49 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 49 XP SP3             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 50 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 51 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 57 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 65 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 69 Win 7              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Chrome 70 Win 10             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 10.0.12 ESR Win 7    No connection
 Firefox 17.0.7 ESR Win 7     No connection
 Firefox 21 Fedora 19         No connection
 Firefox 21 Win 7             No connection
 Firefox 22 Win 7             No connection
 Firefox 24.2.0 ESR Win 7     No connection
 Firefox 24 Win 7             No connection
 Firefox 26 Win 8             No connection
 Firefox 27 Win 8             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 29 OS X              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 30 OS X              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 31.3.0 ESR Win 7     TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 31 OS X              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 32 OS X              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 34 OS X              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 35 OS X              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 37 OS X              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 39 OS X              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 41 OS X              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 42 OS X              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 44 OS X              TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 45 Win 7             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 46 Win 7             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 47 Win 7             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 49 Win 7             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 49 XP SP3            TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 53 Win 7             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 59 Win 7             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Firefox 62 Win 7             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 IE 6 XP                      No connection
 IE 7 Vista                   No connection
 IE 8-10 Win 7                No connection
 IE 8 Win 7                   No connection
 IE 8 XP                      No connection
 IE 9 Win 7                   No connection
 IE 10 Win Phone 8.0          No connection
 IE 11 Win 7                  TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 IE 11 Win 8.1                TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 IE 11 Win Phone 8.1          TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 IE 11 Win Phone 8.1 Update   TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 IE 11 Win 10                 TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 IE 11 Win 10 Preview         TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Edge 12 Win 10               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Edge 13 Win 10               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Edge 13 Win Phone 10         TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Edge 15 Win 10               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Opera 12.15 Win 7            No connection
 Opera 15 Win 7               No connection
 Opera 16 Win 7               No connection
 Opera 17 Win 7               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Safari 5.1.9 OS X 10.6.8     No connection
 Safari 5 iOS 5.1.1           TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Safari 6.0.4 OS X 10.8.4     No connection
 Safari 6 iOS 6.0.1           TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Safari 7 iOS 7.1             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Safari 7 OS X 10.9           TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Safari 8 iOS 8.0 Beta        TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Safari 8 iOS 8.4             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Safari 8 OS X 10.10          TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Safari 9 iOS 9               TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Safari 9 OS X 10.11          TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Safari 10 iOS 10             TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Safari 10 OS X 10.12         TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Tor 17.0.9 Win 7             No connection
 Apple ATS 9 iOS 9            TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Baidu Jan 2015               No connection
 BingBot Dec 2013             No connection
 BingPreview Dec 2013         No connection
 BingPreview Jun 2014         No connection
 BingPreview Jan 2015         TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Googlebot Oct 2013           No connection
 Googlebot Jun 2014           No connection
 Googlebot Feb 2015           TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Googlebot Feb 2018           TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Yahoo Slurp Oct 2013         No connection
 Yahoo Slurp Jun 2014         TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 Yahoo Slurp Jan 2015         TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
 YandexBot 3.0                No connection
 YandexBot May 2014           No connection
 YandexBot Sep 2014           TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 256 bit ECDH (P-256)
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