To Determine Your Browser Level

Internet Explorer Users (PC):

• At the top of the browser window in the Toolbar section, please click on Help.
• From the Help drop down menu, please select About Internet Explorer
• See the Version Number in the window that appears

Internet Explorer Users (Mac):

• Select the Apple menu at the top of the screen.
• From the Apple drop down menu, please select About Internet Explorer.
• See the Version Number in the window that appears.

Firefox Users:

• From the top menu, click on Help
• From the drop down menu, select About Mozilla Firefox
• See the Version Number in the window that appears.

Safari Users:

• Select Safari: About Safari from the menu bar.
• See the Version Number in the window that appears.

Netscape Users:

• At the top of the browser window in the toolbar section, please click on Help.
• From the Help drop down menu, please select either About Netscape or About Navigator or About Communicator (whichever appears).
• See the Version Number in the window that appears

To Determine your Encryption Level

Internet Explorer Users (PC):

• From the top menu, click on Help.
• From the drop down menu, select About Internet Explorer.
• The information displayed for Cipher Strength is the encryption level (i.e Cipher Strength: 128-bit).
• If it does not say 128-bit, then you do not have a browser with 128-bit encryption.

Internet Explorer Users (Mac):

• Select the Apple menu from the top of the screen.
• The information displayed for the Cipher Strength is the encryption level.
• If it does not say 128-bit, then you do not have a browser with 128-bit encryption.

Firefox Users:

• All versions of Mozilla Firefox support 128-bit encryption.

Safari Users:

The Safari browser displays a lock icon at the top right corner of the browser window when you are viewing a secure (https://) site. This symbol is absent when viewing an unsecured (http://) site. Safari can use both 40-bit and 128-bit strong encryption; the website determines which level of encryption is used at a given time.

Netscape Users:

• From the toolbar menu, click on the Security button.
• Within the window displayed, from the list of items on the left side, click on Navigator
• On the right, below Advanced Security (SSL) Configuration, ensure both the Secure Sockets Layer checkboxes are checked.
• Click on the Configure SSL v3 button.
• On the Configure Ciphers screen, ensure the RC4 encryption with 128-bit key and an MD5 MAC checkbox is checked. If this checkbox is not displayed on the screen, or it says RC4 encryption with a 128-bit key and an MDF (when permitted), then you do not have a browser with 128-bit encryption.