271932 - Social Security page requires "strong (128 bit) encryption" and will not open

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 269004

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[mike]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616

The SSA page to file for benefits will not open with Mozilla or Firebird. They
say the page requires strong encryption which is not supported by the browser.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to ssa.gov and goe to file on line for benefits
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Routed to http://s00dace.ssa.gov/pro/403/forbidden.html

Expected Results:  
Begin benefits filing process. They recommend using IE or Netscape which support
the level of encryption

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Looks to me like it's a bad browser detection script on the server side. In that
case it would be a Tech Evangelism bug.

Comment 2

[Felix Miata]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 269004 ***

Comment 3

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Heh, maybe I should have searched when I came up with that last comment.