| Title: | ATTENTION ALL ACE PORTAL USERS |
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| Date: | 2007-06-01 |
| To: | abi |
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*IMPORTANT* ATTENTION ALL ACE PORTAL USERS -
FEDERAL REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT SENSITIVE DATA BE PROTECTED
WHEN BEING DISSEMINATED OVER THE INTERNET. TRANSPORT LAYER
SECURITY (TLS) IS THE GOVERNMENT APPROVED SECURITY MECHANISM TO
PROTECT SENSITIVE DATA DURING INTERNET TRANSMISSION. CURRENTLY,
ACE ALLOWS THE WIDELY USED SECURE SOCKET LAYER (SSL)PROTOCOL IN
ADDITION TO TLS. TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, ALL ACE
PORTAL USERS ARE BEING NOTIFIED THAT CBP WILL BE PHASING OUT
SSL. IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE USING THE PORTAL, ACE USERS
ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE A SIMPLE SETTINGS CHANGE TO THEIR INTERNET
EXPLORER (IE)WEB BROWSER SETTINGS. FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER BOTH
THE CURRENT SECURITY SETTING AND THE CHANGES WILL ALLOW ACCESS
TO THE ACE PORTAL. HOWEVER, STARTING SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 THE
CHANGES WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE IN PLACE ON YOUR COMPUTERS TO
ALLOW PROPER ACCESS TO THE ACE PORTAL.
HERE IS WHAT YOU MUST DO: MAKE CERTAIN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER IS
INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) 6.0.2 OR HIGHER. TO CHECK THE INSTALLED
VERSION, OPEN THE BROWSER AND CLICK ON HELP. THEN CLICK ON ABOUT
INTERNET EXPLORER WHICH IS YOUR LAST CHOICE IN THE DROPDOWN.
VERIFY THE VERSION NUMBER ON THE FIRST LINE OF THE NEXT SCREEN
YOU SEE (IE 6.0 OR GREATER). THEN, TO TURN ON TLS, WHILE
INTERNET EXPLORER IS OPEN, CLICK ON TOOLS AND SELECT INTERNET
OPTIONS. IN THE NEXT POP UP WINDOW, SELECT THE ADVANCED TAB AND
SCROLL DOWN TO THE VERY BOTTOM AND CHECK THE USE TLS 1.0 BOX.
SAVE YOUR CHANGES. WHEN YOU COMPLETE THIS YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
UPGRADED YOUR SECURITY SETTING TO TLS.