IBM DISA e-collaboration Personal Computer User Manual


 
Workstation Preparation & New User Getting Started Guide
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4.6.2 Firefox
4.6.2.1 Sun Java
To verify if the Firefox browser is configured to use Sun Java do the following:
1. Launch Firefox , then select…
2. Tools …. Options...
3. Then make sure “Enable Java” is checked. If not checked, check it and click OK
4. Close down and restart Firefox.
The default for Firefox is to have Java Enabled
4.6.2.2 TLS 1.0
Now verify that Firefox has TLS 1.0 Enabled (Firefox enables this by default)
1. Launch Firefox
2. Click on Tools > Options
3. Click on the ‘Advanced’ icon then click the Security tab (Firefox 1.5) or the Encryption tab in Firefox
2.0 and verify that TLS 1.0 is checked (by default Firefox 1.5.0.x and 2.0.0.x both have TLS 1.0
enabled)
4. If TLS 1.0 is not checked, check it and then restart Firefox
Below are screenshots that show these steps for Firefox 1.5 and 2.0, respectively.