In September, Google identified a vulnerability with certain connections to web services. As a result of this, our network security service partner will be disabling a network component called SSLv3 on 18 January 2015 in order to mitigate this vulnerability.
To ensure you can continue to access our systems and services, please inform your colleagues not to use older browsers such as Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). If you do, you will not be able to access any UCAS sites, including web-link, Net.Update and Course Collect. If you use xml-link, you should ensure your technical team is aware of this and check whether your connection will be affected by this change.
If, after downloading a newer browser, you receive an error message when trying to access our systems, please speak to your technical team who will be receiving further details about this change.
To ensure you can continue to access our systems and services, please inform your colleagues not to use older browsers such as Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). If you do, you will not be able to access any UCAS sites, including web-link, Net.Update and Course Collect. If you use xml-link, you should ensure your technical team is aware of this and check whether your connection will be affected by this change.
If, after downloading a newer browser, you receive an error message when trying to access our systems, please speak to your technical team who will be receiving further details about this change.