Security vulnerabilities are a fact of life. As they become recognised, patches are usually made available, but some occur inside protocols which cannot be patched, only upgraded to a new secure version. So it is essential your browser is kept up-to-date, as that is the only genuine protection against such vulnerabilities.
Below is Studentnet's list of recommended versions for popular browsers, and the minimum version level Studentnet networks will support. Anything less than the recommended version may leave you and your systems open to exploits, attacks and password/data theft.
| Platform | Browser | Minimum Supported |
Recommended Version |
Notes |
| Windows | Internet Explorer | 7 | 11 | TLS 1.1/1.2 support is available in 11+ |
| Windows | Chrome | All versions | Latest | TLS 1.1/1.2 is available in 30+ |
| Windows | Firefox | 1+ | 31 | TLS 1.1/1.2 support is available in 27+, disabled by default in 26 |
| Mac | Safari | All versions | 7 (iOS 10.9) | TLS 1.1/1.2 support is available in OS X 10.9 |
| Mac | Chrome | All versions | Latest | TLS 1.1/1.2 in 30+ |
| Mac | Firefox | 1+ | 31 | TLS 1.1/1.2 in 27+, disabled by default in 26 |
| iOS | Safari | All versions | iOS 8 | iOS5 is required for TLS 1.1 / TLS 1.2 |
| Android | Chrome | All versions | Latest | TLS 1.1/1.2 in 30+ |
| Android | default | Android 2.2 | Android 4.x | Default browser in 4.x does not appear to support TLS 1.1 or 1.2 |
