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Secure Sockets Layer Transactions To protect your private data, some transactions are accepted only through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protected channels. Transactions protected by SSL include online registration and accessing documents from non-subscribed titles. SSL is an industry accepted security protocol, providing encryption over the Internet. This encryption allows reasonable assurance your private data will not be intercepted between the browser and the server. SSL also performs a security identification to ensure that your browser is indeed communicating with the service. SSL functionality is built into most commercially available browsers, including Netscape® Navigator (version 4.0 or later) and Microsoft® Internet Explorer (version 3.0 or later). •
If SSL is not enabled on your browser, you will receive an error message when you try to access the secured sections of the service.
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If SSL is not enabled over your network (e.g., due to firewall or proxy configurations), you will find that access to some parts of the service is blocked.
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If you receive error messages and are unable to continue through the program, contact your information specialist or Internet Service Provider (ISP) for assistance.
On some browsers, you may also receive a message from your browser when viewing documents from non-subscribed titles stating: "You have requested a non-secure document that was originally designated a secure document." This is normal. Your access to the non-subscribed document has been authenticated via a "behind the scenes" secured transaction, and you are now being returned to the normal environment to view the document.
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Netscape is a registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
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