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Did a change in encryption models tie the hands of data centers?

Healthcare IT News: In March, the Internet Engineering Task Force approved the Transport Layer Security version 1.3, the key function to enable HTTPS function on the web. On the surface, the new encryption model shores up network communications and provides substantially improved security features.

As the new encryption model used to browse the internet, the TLS 1.3 standard ensures data is encrypted through cryptographic protocols, using algorithms and ciphers. The previous model, TLS 1.2, had many flaws, which, left unfixed, could have impacted users around the globe. Hackers could have been able to crack the flaws in the TLS 1.2 encryption to complete a downgrade attack.

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