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This site uses a specialized, high security "Digital SSL certificate."
In order for your browser to recognize this certificate, you must install the
corresponding root certificate into your browser's certificate cache.Click on one of the links below to update your browser for the SAS security certificate update. |
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| About Secure Socket Layers (SSL) | ||
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SAS uses Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL) software, the industry standard and among the best software
available today for secure online transactions. It encrypts all of your
personal information so that it cannot be read as the information travels
over the Internet. You can identify those web sites that use SSL
software by looking for the "lock" icon on your Internet Browser's status
bar. Encryption technology ensures that data sent over the Internet cannot be intercepted or read by anyone other than the authorized recipient. Encryption protects the data using advanced mathematical algorithms to "scramble" the data. |
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| 128-bit Encryption |
Because of our security system, you will need to use a browser that supports
128 bit SSL encryption. We recommend
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or newer, or
Mozilla
FireFox version 2.0 or newer. As the Internet has evolved, so have Internet security standards. Encryption levels have progressed from 40-bit to 56-bit and now to 128-bit. The mathematical algorithm used today makes 128-bit encrypted data packets 309,485,009,821,345,068,724,781,056 times harder to decrypt than 40-bit data packets. If your browser does not already support support 128-bit encryption (cipher strength) you will not be able to log in or use our specialized server certificate. |
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| Internet Cookies |
Many Internet web sites, including SAS
, use Internet Browser "cookies." Internet Browser
cookies are small text files placed on your hard drive and accessible
only to the site that placed it on your hard drive. Cookies used by
SAS contain no personal information
about you. It is simply a secured unique identifier used while you are
browsing our site. It cannot be used by anyone else. This secured
identifier allows you to enter different web forms without the need to
authenticate (log in) to each individual page. If cookie security settings are not applied properly, your browser may not permit you to log into the SAS web site. A symptom of this is a "looping" effect where you are continually redirected to the login page. See the computer setup instructions for browser cookie settings specific to your operating system. |
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| Reporting Problems |
We encourage all SAS users to
report problems encountered using the system to the
SAS support team. You can do this by sending an email to
with the following information:
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