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Proxy Setting

Settings

If you are using a PC or Mac on campus and would like to use the internet from your machine, please make sure that you enter the following settings:

Windows - Internet Explorer

  • In Internet Explorer, go to Tools and then Internet Options
  • Click on the Connections tab
  • Click on LAN Settings
  • Tick Use Automatic Configuration Script
  • Enter the following Address: http://proxy.une.edu.au/proxy

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Windows - Netscape

  • In Netscape, go to Edit and then Prefernces
  • Scroll down to the Advanced option, and select Proxies
  • Under Automatic Proxy Configuration URL , enter:
    • http://proxy.une.edu.au/proxy
  • Click OK and restart Netscape

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Mac OS 9 and below - Netscape

If you are using OS9 or lower, you will need to configure your browser to recognise our internet (proxy) server.

  • In Netscape , go to File and Preferences
  • Scroll to Advanced and the Proxies in the left hand panel.
  • Enter the following settings under Automatic Proxy Configuration URL:
    • http://proxy.une.edu.au/proxy
  • Click OK and restart Netscape

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Mac Settings for Internet Explorer (OS 9 and 10)

  • If you are using Internet Explorer, please go to Advanced and the Proxies in the left hand panel.
  • Enter the following settings under Web Proxy and Secure Web Proxy :
    • proxy.une.edu.au
    • 8080
  • Click OK and restart

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Mac OSX

The internet settings in OSX are centrally configured for Safari, Firefox browser requires the proxy settings to be entered within the browser preferences.

  • To set you proxy settings, please go to the System Preferences and open the Network control panel.
  • Go to the Proxies tab and enter these settings
    • Tick the Automatic Proxy Configuration
    • enter http://proxy.une.edu.au/proxy in the URL field
  • Click on Apply Now
  • Quit out of the System Preferences

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    To enter the proxy setting in the Firefox web browser

  • Select from the Firefox menu
  • Preferences then click on the Connection settings button
  • enter the settings as below
  • Then click on Reload
  • Then click OK
  • Close the preferences window.


firefox-proxy

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128-bit cipher strength - required for UNE secure sites

The security certificates for UNE's secure sites (i.e every site starting with https:// in the URL, such as the Result Online page) now requires a 128-bit encryption setting on your browsers so that you can access the pages.

If you are having problems accessing our https sites, please check your"Cipher Strength" of your browser.

Internet Explorer

In Internet Explorer (4 or 5) you can see what version you are running by going to Help and About Internet Explorer

Proxy Settings

If the cipher strength is less then 128 bits, they you will need to update Internet Explorer by

- upgrading to the latest version of Internet Explorer from our webpage at
http://software.une.edu.au/une-only/Web_Browsers/Internet_Explorer/Win/ie7/

OR , by downloading the High Security Pack from Microsoft from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/recommended/128bit/default.asp
(pick the correct version of browser / IE combination from the list).

Note: Microsoft Windows 2000 installs a 56-bit encryption version of its Internet Explorer browser. Windows 2000 users should install a High-encryption Pack to support 128-bit encryption.

Netscape Users:

  • Open up your browser window.
  • Click on the Help option button at the top of the browser.
  • Click on the heading About Navigator or About Communicator
  • Once you have clicked on the About Navigator or About Communicator heading you will be taken to a page that tells you about your browser version. In this page you must have a section of text that states

This version supports U.S.
security with RSA Public Key
Cryptography, MD2, MD5,
RC2-CBC, RC4, DES-CBC,
DES-EDE3-CBC .

If you don't have this section of text, you will need to upgrade your Netscape browser.

Netscape users can upgrade their browser at: http://home.netscape.com/download/index.html -- after identifying the platform you use, select "Download strong U.S./Canada-only encryption."

Users with older machines should refer to the Netscape archive: http://wp.netscape.com/download/archive.html .

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Dial-in access

Direct dial-in access to UNE's modem is only available to staff members. Students will need to arrange internet access through a local Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Clearing the Cache

If you are not getting the most up-to-the minute content from web sites you may need to refresh the pages cached in your web browser. If simply clicking your "Refresh" or "Reload" button doesn't work, try this:

Internet Explorer (IE) v 4.0 and up
Hold down the control (Ctrl) button on your keyboard (Option key on Macintosh) while clicking on the Refresh button on your IE toolbar. This will reload the entire page, capturing the most recent file.

You may also clear out IE's stored cache:
Windows users: from the View menu of the IE toolbar, click Internet Options, then click the General tab. In the Browsing History, click Delete Files, then click OK. Click OK to close Internet Options.
Windows users of Internet Explorer (IE) v 5.5 service pack 1 and up In IE 5.5 with service pack for IE 5.5 installed, holding the control key down while clicking the Refresh button forces our caching server to check with the page's original site for a possible later page than the cache holds. Older versions of Internet Explorer for Windows cannot do so.
Mac users: from the Edit menu of the IE toolbar, click Preferences, then Web browser. Click the Advanced button, then in the Cache section, click Empty now. No Macintosh version of Internet Explorer can force our caching server to verify whether the page is current or not.

Netscape v. 4.+
Hold down the Shift key on your keyboard (Option key on Macintosh) while clicking the Reload button on the Netscape toolbar. This will reload the entire page, capturing the most recent file. In newer versions of Netscape 4.x, doing so forces the caching server to verify whether the page is current or not. We do not know whether that is true of Netscape 6; it appears not to be true of the various Mozilla builds. You may also clear out Netscape's stored cache.

To clear out Netscape's stored cache:

Windows users:
Click the Edit menu; click Preferences
Click the + sign to the left of Advanced
Click Cache under Advanced
Click the Clear Memory Cache button and the Clear Disk Cache button.

Mac users: The steps are the same as above, except that there is a Disclosure triangle rather than a + to the left of Advanced, and you may not need to click it to reveal the Cache item. Also the single button to click is Clear Disk Cache Now.

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