The Digitimber page referred to in the email does not mention Windows 8.1 being affected. Nor are there any windows patches (KB3140245) for Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 (other than the embedded version of 8).
I’ve checked Internet Explorer on my old NUC PC that’s running Windows 8.1 and it transfers pages over TLS 1.2. Patch KB3140245 hasn’t been installed on this machine either. Perhaps 8.1 shipped with TLS 1.2, or the update was included in some other patch.
So, it seems that if you’re running Windows 8.1, and possibly Windows 8, you shouldn’t have to do anything.
roonlabs, please confirm whether Windows 8 must be updated, and clarify your email to users if needs be:
It may be possible to update TLS under Windows 7 and 8 following the instructions in articles like this one.
On the other hand, if
- you’re running Windows 7;
- Windows 8.1 has TLS 1.2 out of the box or by some other patch;
- your machine is too old or slow to run Windows 10; and
- you can find installation media for Windows 8.1,
you could update an old Windows 7 PC to 8.1 instead.
Does this problem affect non-TLS 1.2 versions of windows that are only serving as endpoints with roon bridge? Or as remotes with roon remote? Or is it only roon core that talks to your services?