Classic ASP Outbound TLS 1.2

I found a solution with a simple registry fix.

1) Register TLS 1.2 Protocol:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.2]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.2\Client]
"Enabled"=dword:ffffffff
"DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.2\Server]
"Enabled"=dword:ffffffff
"DisabledByDefault"=dword:00000000

2) Configure TLS 1.2 to be default in 32 bit applications:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\WinHttp]
"DefaultSecureProtocols"=dword:00000800

3) Configure TLS 1.2 to be default in 64 bit applications:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\WinHttp]
"DefaultSecureProtocols"=dword:00000800

4) Restart server

If you need support of TLS 1.1 only then:

  • On step 1) above simply change “TLS 1.2” to “TLS 1.1” and apply new registry fix
  • On steps 2) and 3) above change value “00000800” to “00000200” and apply new registry fix

If you need support of both TLS 1.1 and 1.2 then

  • Repeat step 1) from above two times two register both protocols
  • On steps 2) and 3) use value “00000A00” (what is combination of “00000800” + “00000200”)

Code for verification:

<%
Set objHttp = Server.CreateObject("WinHTTP.WinHTTPRequest.5.1")
objHttp.open "GET", "https://howsmyssl.com/a/check", False
objHttp.Send
Response.Write objHttp.responseText 
Set objHttp = Nothing 
%>

At the end of response you should see version of TLS used by request

"tls_version":"TLS 1.2"

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