Microsoft released optional security updates Tuesday for various versions of the .NET Framework that prevent the RC4 encryption algorithm from being used in TLS (Transport Layer Security) connections.

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Microsoft's scheduled security patches were accompanied by cryptography-related recommendations to stop using RC4 cipher and SHA-1 Microsoft patched serious vulnerabilities Tuesday in Windows, ...

In the Windows Release Health Message Center, Microsoft explains that the software fix for a security vulnerability in Kerberos initiates the hardening of Kerberos with RC4. The vulnerability itself ...