The included readme tells you everything you need to know, but I'll quote the most relevant parts:
Code:
NOTE: This patch only works on the x86 edition of Windows XP. It won't
work on the x64 edition or Windows Server 2003, and attempts at applying
it to either will completely break your system.
Here's the list of things you will have after doing all this:
* Support for the TLS 1.1 and 1.2 protocols on programs that use
Schannel and do not specify one by default (e.g. uTorrent)
* Support for the AES 128 and 256 ciphers on programs that use Schannel
(most Windows and .NET apps)
* Support for SHA-128, 256 and 512 certificate signatures
* A more secure setup that disables most cipher suites known to be weak
or insecure as of April 2019
And the things you _won't_ have:
* TLS 1.1 and 1.2 support on Internet Explorer 8
* Forward secrecy and elliptic curve encryption ciphers
* Server Name Indication (an extension that's unrelated to the protocol
version in use and not implemented by Microsoft)
* TLS session tickets (same)
If you're getting a "received an unexpected EOF or 0 bytes from the transport stream" on mRatio or RatioMaster Plus under Windows XP, installing this may fix it. Unfortunately, I was unable to get either program to use TLS 1.2 no matter what I tried (up to and including stealing a copy of System.dll from newer versions of the .NET Framework), so they're stuck with TLS 1.0.
Enjoy!
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