title: Using TLS1.2 on older Windows system
body: <p>I have a Windows program written in .Net Framework 2.0 that communicates to a proprietary server app. The server was recently updated to use TLS1.2 for secure communication and my client program can't talk to it any more.</p>
  
  <p>A google search turned up several sources that indicate that TLS1.2 is only supported by Window 7, Windows 2008 R2, and later systems. These sources are talking about servers, not clients, but it still sounds like I'm out of luck unless I run my client on Win7 or later - the underlying schannel.dll simply doesn't support the TLS1.2 protocol.</p>
  
  <p>So my question is:</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to get my program to communicate using TLS1.2 when running on older Windows systems?</p>