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.
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