CRA / NPSCAN is a thin client application. Thus users would be able to access the system through Internet Browser. Users are authenticated based on Password or Digital Signature Certificate (DSC).
To access the system, a user is expected to have standard desktop machine with the following minimum configuration.
The system has been qualified on.
Type of Access | Parameter | Value |
Users with password based authentication | Hardware | CPU: Intel Pentium IV (1 GHz and above) RAM: Min 512 MB HDD: 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk. |
Operating System | Windows 2000, Windows XP | |
Browsers | Internet Explorer ver 5.5 and above Mozilla Firefox Ver 1.5 | |
Java Runtime Environment | 1.5 | |
Additional Software | For accessing reports generated by CRA/NPSCAN Adobe Acrobat ver 5.0+ Excel ver Office 2003+ | |
Users with DSC based authentication | Hardware | CPU: Intel Pentium IV (1 GHz and above) RAM: Min 512 MB HDD: 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk. |
Operating System | Windows 2000, Windows XP | |
Browsers | Internet Explorer ver 5.5 and above Mozilla Firefox Ver 1.5 | |
Java Runtime Environment | 1.5 | |
Additional Software | For accessing reports generated by CRA/NPSCAN Adobe Acrobat ver 5.0+ Excel ver Office 2003+ | |
USB for storing user's private key | Aladdin's e-token |
The system has been qualified on.
Parameter | Value |
Hardware | CPU : Intel Pentium IV (1 GHz and above) RAM : Min 512 MB HDD : 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk. |
Operating System | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
Browsers | Internet Explorer ver 5.5 and above Mozilla Firefox Ver 1.5 |
Java Runtime Environment | 1.5 |
Additional Software | For accessing reports generated by CRA/NPSCAN Adobe Acrobat ver 5.0+ Excel ver Office 2003+ |
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The following tables give expected setting of relevant parameters in browsers
Parameter | Configuration |
SSL Encryption Cipher Strength | SSL Encryption Cipher Strength |
SSL / TLS version | SSL 3.0 / TLS 1.0 |
Java Enabling | Java Should be enabled |
Java Scripting and Cookies | Enabled |
Accessibility | "Ignore color on web pages," "Ignore font style on web pages," "Ignore font sizes on web pages." should not be checked (v ) |
(Click here for Instructions to configure browser settings)
The site uses applets for uploading files to CRA/NPSCAN systems. Also the FPU and FVU are java based utilities. Thus Java Runtime Environment (JRE 5+) should be installed on the machine from where the CRA/NPSCAN sites are accessed and the FPU and FVU utilities are installed.
Java is freely downloadable from http://java.sun.com and http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk.
Click on below link for downloading the installation manual:
http://www.npscra.nsdl.co.in/download/Installation_Manual-FPUandFVU.pdf
SSL Encryption
CRA Web Application uses 128-bit encryption, the highest level of encryption publicly available, for increased security to ensure high protection against unauthorized access to the data you exchange across the Internet. General instructions for checking your browser for 128-bit encryption are as follows:
Internet Explorer for Windows
Security Level
Security level of browser should be set to Mediaun-High(Default). General instructions to set the level are as follows:
Internet Explorer for Windows
Must have SSL3.0 or TLS1.0 enabled
The site requires SSL3.0 or TLS enabled browsers. General instructions for enabling SSL3.0 or TLS are as follows:
Internet Explorer for Windows
Must have Java enabled
The site requires Java-enabled browser. General instructions for enabling Java are as follows:
Internet Explorer for Windows
Must have Javascript enabled
The site requires Javascript. General instructions for enabling Javascript are as follows:
Internet Explorer for Windows
Must have style sheets enabled
The site uses style sheets to control the display of the web pages. General instructions for enabling style sheets are as follows:
Internet Explorer for Windows
Must have script-initiated windows enabled
The site uses script-initiated windows for displaying the detailed information about the instruction. General instructions for enabling script-initiated windows are as follows: