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NOTICE: New URL for the NCNR Information Management System (IMS)


The NIST Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) has implemented a new reverse proxy service that provides FIPS 140-2 validated encryption; this encryption is mandatory for all federal systems. To comply with this requirement, the OCIO will shut down the old rproxy server, which provided access to the NCNR-IMS, on September 1st, 2009, and migrate to another server.

NCNR facility users will no longer be able to use the old URL https://rproxy.nist.gov/NCNR-IMS and will instead have to use the new server located at https://www-s.nist.gov/NCNR-IMS.

Access to the new NCNR-IMS URL further requires the use of an Internet Browser that is capable of TLS 1.0 encryption. Accordingly, please refer to the following instructions:

 
Internet Browser Requirements
a) Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) - version 6.0 or later is required. To check your version of IE, click Help | About.

Note: Some settings may be pre-set and cannot be changed. If so, then users should skip those settings and simply change the settings that can be changed.

IE version 6.0

Please verify the following settings by clicking Tools | Internet Options:

  • Use TLS 1.0 (Security section under Advanced tab)
  • Enable Java Scripting (Scripting section from Custom Level under Security tab)
  • Enable Cookies (Cookies section from Custom Level under Security tab)
  • After making changes, restart the browser.

IE version 7.0

Please verify the following settings by clicking Tools | Internet Options:

  • Enable TLS 1.0 (Security section under Advanced tab)
  • Enable Java Scripting (Scripting section from Custom Level under Security tab)
  • Enable Cookies (Cookies section from Advanced option under Privacy tab)
  • After making changes, restart the browser.

b) Mozilla Firefox - version 1.0 or later is required. To check the your version, click Help | About.

Note: Some settings may be pre-set and cannot be changed. If so, then users should skip those settings and simply change the settings that can be changed.

Please verify the following settings based on your operations system:

  1. Windows - (Tools | Options)
  2. Linux - (Edit | Preferences)
  3. Mac - (Firefox | Preferences)

  • Enable JavaScript (Content tab)
  • Accept Cookies (Privacy tab)
  • Use TLS 1.0 (Advanced | Encryption)
  • After making changes, restart the browser.
c) Safari - no changes required.
 
Once the above settings have been set, you should be able to access the new URL by clicking on the link https://www-s.nist.gov/NCNR-IMS (open in a new window)

If you see a blank page or don't see the NCNR-IMS application, then please contact Siddharth Khosla at (301) 975-4640 or email us at ncnr_ims@nist.gov.


Last modified 14-August-2012 by website owner: NCNR (attn: Przemek Klosowski)