IRCTC alert! Know why these users won’t be able to book tickets on IRCTC

IRCTC has its official website, from where people generally book their train tickets without any hassles. Not only train tickets, but the website also offers hotel bookings and a number of interesting tour packages. But from now on, some users won’t be able to book their tickets from the same and the reason is that the IRCTC e-ticketing website is now being migrated to TLS 1.2 (Transport Layer Security) for security purposes.
The TLS 1.2 is an advanced ‎cryptographic protocol that is not supported in the older computer operating systems like Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The operating systems on which the new website will function are:

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016

The step was taken to keep a check on security. People generally make payments through online transactions wherein they use net banking, debit card, credit card or mobile wallets. To make this safe for users, the IRCTC came up with the new decision. In India, the number of people using Windows XP has reduced and more people have Windows 7 or Windows 10.

Last year too, the IRCTC website was upgraded with new features, which include an Artificial Intelligence-based chat box called ‘Ask Disha’.

So it is about time you upgrade your computers with the latest Windows operating system!