Internet Explorer 11

Page updated: 2021-07-16


Latest released version July 2021:

11.0.19041.1 on Windows 10 - 21H1 (Build 19043.1083

In general

- IE11 still supports ActiveX
- IE dropped support for NPAPI with IE 5.5 SP2 back in 2001
- No WebExtensions as in Chrome/Firefox/Edge.
- Signatures and writing operations to hardware tokens can be handled via SecMakers ActiveX plugin
- For all supported versions of Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge Legacy (EdgeHTML-based), TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will be disabled by default.
Read more about that here:
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/03/31/tls-1-0-tls-1-1-schedule-update-edge-ie11/

On Windows

- IE11 fetches certificates for TLS from MyStore.
- The certificate selection dialog is "best in show" and can be enhanced by Net iD Certificate Provider.
- IE11 does not have it's own PIN-dialog.
- The CSP/KSP "owning" the selected certificate shows the PIN-dialog

On macOS

No IE11 for macOS

On Linux

No IE11 for Linux