It doesn't matter which way I get to www.gateway.gov.uk I get the "wrong browser" problem. what's this "digital certificates" thing? -- Best wishes, Derek Harding, (BA MIAP) ICT & Network Manager, Warlingham School hardingd@warlingham.surrey.sch.uk
It doesn't matter which way I get to www.gateway.gov.uk I get the "wrong browser" problem. what's this "digital certificates" thing?
It appears to be looking at the user agent string in the browser. (If it appears to be MS IE running under some version of Windows the it lets you in.) Anyway if you go direct to https://secure.gateway.gov.uk/ then it'll work fine. -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763
Anyway if you go direct to https://secure.gateway.gov.uk/ then it'll work fine.
Not from here (Netscape4.7.5/Linux2.2.17), even when I accept all their cookies - the same from lynx. They are *explicitly* screening out non-MS users. I wonder if we're still allowed to vote? :-( Richard ------------------------------- This mail was sent using ecmail
Anyway if you go direct to https://secure.gateway.gov.uk/ then it'll work fine.
Not from here (Netscape4.7.5/Linux2.2.17), even when I accept all their cookies - the same from lynx.
Works find here with Netscape. Setting Konquerer up with an MSIE user agent works fine, ever through the front page. (Or at least it does now, won't work after tomorrow most likely.)
They are *explicitly* screening out non-MS users. I wonder if we're still allowed to vote? :-(
Ask again in a month's time :) -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763
On Tue, 1 May 2001, Mark Evans wrote:
It doesn't matter which way I get to www.gateway.gov.uk I get the "wrong browser" problem. what's this "digital certificates" thing?
It appears to be looking at the user agent string in the browser. (If it appears to be MS IE running under some version of Windows the it lets you in.)
Anyway if you go direct to https://secure.gateway.gov.uk/ then it'll work fine.
-- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763
Not if you are running under linux it doesn't; it refuses both Netscape 4.76 and Mozilla 0.8.1: Unsupported Browser You cannot access the Government Gateway at the moment. This is because you are either using an old version of a browser, or the browser you are using does not have the correct settings. Read this page to find out which browsers are supported and which settings to use. Supported Browsers We have made the Government Gateway compatible with as many browsers as possible, on both PCs and Macintoshes. However, because we need to maintain maximum security on this web site, we cannot support older versions of browsers. To use the Government Gateway, you must have: a PC, with Windows 95 or later, or Windows NT 4.0 or later with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 or later or Netscape Navigator version 4.08 or later OR an Apple Macintosh with Mac OS version 7.5 or later with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later or Netscape Navigator version 4.xx or later a working Internet connection the 128-bit security add-in, for your version of the browser Please note that you cannot currently use Netscape 6 to access the Government Gateway, due to issues with the support for digital certificates in this new version. You can find out which version of the browser version you are currently using, by clicking on Help, then About?, in the menu bar of your browser. The name and version number of your browser is displayed. ____________________________________ Giles Nunn - Network Manager Carms Schools ICT Development Centre Tel: +44 01239 710662 Fax: 710985 ____________________________________
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