Participant Technical Reference Manual - IESO

Participant Technical Reference Manual
2. Participant Workstation, Network & Security
Figure 2-13: Addition of MPI URL to Allow Web Site List for Pop-ups
Sun Java Runtime Environment
55 Please refer to the IESO Supported Client Platform web page for the required
Java runtime environment Obtaining this software from the Sun Java web site
and its installation on the workstation is detailed in the Identity Management
Operations Guide. It does not need to be set as the default for the browser
however in either the Java control panel or IE Internet Options.
56 Only a user with administrative rights may be able to set the default use of the
JRE Plug-in with IE or not.
57 The JRE should be installed on the workstation properly configured to enable
the MPI applet to function when the user navigates to in Internet Explorer.
These can be checked under the Java control panel. See Figure 2-14 below.
58 Ensure the setting „Place Java icon in system tray‟ is checked in the Java
control panel. This will allow access to the Java console via the right mouse
button.
59 Ensure that „Enable logging‟ is checked under Debugging in the Java control
panel.
60 Ensure that „Hide console‟ is checked under Java Console in the Java control
panel. This will prevent the Java console from always activating when a user
navigates to the MPI or uses Internet Explorer.
61 Ensure that „SSL 3.0‟ is checked under Security in the Java control panel. Also,
ensure that all other boxes under Security are checked except for „Use SSL 2.0‟
and „Use TLS 1.0‟ unless the user has other java applications that need these
security protocols. If SSL 3.0 is not checked, a Java general exception error
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