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The Web-Browser configuration OIT wiki page is designed to provide detailed information, and guidance regarding the configuration and usage of various web-browsers listed.

This is both a description of how-to configure, and a best practices guide for web-browsers. The information provided will enhance user knowledge of web-browsers configuration and operation with the goal of providing secure access to UCI 1, UCI-OIT 2, and UC 3 applications and web-sites.

1 UCI — University of California, Irvine.
2 UCI-OIT and OIT — Office of Information and Technology.
3 UC — University of California.

University of California, Irvine useful web-sites.

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Web-Browser informational external web-site links.

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Start Google Chrome Web-Browser

  • Open the Chrome web-browser option's window by selecting the "tools icon", which is the icon in upper right hand corner following the URL input line that looks like a wrench / spanner.
  • Refer to this figure How-to open Chrome's options window
  • Select Options and the Google Chrome Options window appears.
    • Select the Content settings button and configure the following.
    • Cookies Preferences
      • Select "Ask me when a site tries to set cookie data."
      • Select "Block all third-party cookies without exception."
      • Select "Clear cookies and other site data when I close my browser."
    • JavaScript Preferences
    • Select "Allow all sites to run JavaScript"
    • Enable JavaScript processing for web-sites, but if there is a doubt regarding the authenticity, functionality or trust-worthiness of a specific web-site then either disable JavaScript and proceed, or do not visit the web-site.
    • Note OIT web applications utilize JavaScript in order to function correctly.
    • Plug-ins Preferences
    • Select "Allow all sites to use plug-ins."
      • For increased security – Select "Do not allow any sites to use plug-ins." And create a web-site exceptions list that includes web-sites that need to run plug-ins to function correctly.
    • Location Tracking Preferences
    • Select "Ask me when a site tries to track my physical location."
    • or Select "Do not allow any site to track my physical location."
    • Web services options.
      • Enable – Show suggestions for navigation errors.
      • Personal Choice – Use a suggestion service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar. Disable this option if URL string completion interferes with an UCI, UCI OIT or UC applications functionality or if URL completion is not desired.
      • Enable – Use DNS (i.e. Domain Name System or Server pre-fetching to improve page loading performance.
      • Enable – Enable phishing and malware protection.
      • Disable – Sending usage statistics and crash reports to Google.
    • Network
      • Change Proxy Settings – In general there is no need to configure the proxy settings.
    • Translate web-pages.
      • Personal Choice – Offer to translate web-pages.
    • Downloads
      • Enable – Ask where to save each file before downloading.
    • Web Content – Configure web-browser font and language settings.
    • Security
      • As needed – Select trusted SSL certificates – Manage certificates.
      • Computer-wide SSL settings – Enable "Check for server certificate revocation."