Https with MSIE8 under XP SP3

[Borut]

The following problem is present since some months, after the switch to https. It is not a big problem, since I can make updates under Win7 too, where no problems occur. The problem is, as far as I can tell, actually on the MSIE8 side. Still, maybe there is something I, or Don, could do to enable updates to be done also in that environment.

Under XP SP3 with MSIE the pages are not reachable via https protocol ("Die Webseite kann nicht angezeigt werden."), most notably these two:
https://www.xyplorer.com/version_beta.php
https://www.xyplorer.com/version.php

BTW, even under XP they are reachable with no problems when using different browsers, which I normally do, but this does not help with update process. To my knowledge, everything needed in MSIE8 is activated (all SSL and TSL support).

On https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forum ... evelopment there is a suggestion to use

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<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" />

instead of

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<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />

Maybe it would be of some use to know if any of these are emitted when the pages in question are served. Any other suggestions (apart of forgetting about XP and MSIE8)?

[highend]

SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 are insecure but IE 8 doesn't support TLS 1.1/1.2 and I guess that's what the Apache Webserver behind the xyplorer domain enforces...