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| You’ll need to configure these settings to use Online Banking with Firefox 3 |
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JavaScript |
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cookies |
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your security settings |
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download the latest version of Firefox |
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Figure 1
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Enabling JavaScript in your browser |
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| JavaScript must be enabled in your browser before you can login and use Online Banking functionality. |
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| Step one—getting ready |
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select 'Tools' from the menu bar |
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select 'Options...' from the dropdown list |
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the window in figure 1 will now be displayed. |
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| Step two—checking JavaScript is enabled |
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Figure 2
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click on the ‘Content’ icon in the top menu |
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the screen in figure 2 will now be displayed |
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make sure the option 'Enable JavaScript' is ticked. |
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| Note: This applies to Firefox running on all supported operating systems. When Firefox is installed, this setting is enabled by default. This could change with future Firefox releases. |
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| We use session cookies for security. Each time you perform a transaction or view a new page on our secure server, a message is sent to the server to authenticate the request. |
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not permanently stored on your computer |
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deleted when you log out of Online Banking. |
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| You need to enable cookies in your browser to use Online Banking. |
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| Step one—getting ready |
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select 'Tools' from the menu bar |
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select 'Options...' from the dropdown list |
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choose the 'Privacy' icon (see figure 3). |
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| Step two—checking session cookies are turned on |
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in the ‘Cookies’ area, click on the ‘Exceptions’ button |
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the dialogue box in figure 4 will be displayed |
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enter sec.westpac.co.nz in the address field and click on ‘Allow for Session’ button |
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click ‘Close’ and ‘OK’ in the next dialogue box. |
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| Ensuring compliance of your security settings |
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| These settings will make sure your browser complies with our 128-bit SSL security standards. |
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| Step one—getting ready |
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select 'Tools' from the menu bar |
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select 'Options...' from the dropdown list |
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choose the 'Advanced' icon |
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figure 5 will be displayed. |
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| Step two—checking your security settings |
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click on the ‘Encryption’ tab to view the options (see figure 6) |
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make sure that 'Use SSL 3.0' is enabled |
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click 'OK'. |
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Figure 6
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Once you have finished configuring your browser settings, please close and then re-open your browser. |
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more information on cookies and other security issues |
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