Using the Mozilla Firefox Extension

After installing Rapport, an additional step is required to enable the Rapport extension for the Firefox browser.

The extension must be enabled with the following procedure:

Procedure

  1. Install Rapport as described in the previous sections.
  2. Open Firefox, click the menu button, and then click IBM Security Rapport added to Firefox.
    Adding the Rapport extension to Firefox
  3. The Add-ons Manager opens and on the enable extensions dialog, click Enable.
    Enabling the Rapport extension in Firefox

    The Rapport Firefox extension is now enabled.

    The gray Rapport icon appears in the address bar. The Rapport icon is colored green when navigating to your banking site to indicate that the site is protected.

Enabling the Firefox Extension

About this task

If you did not click Enable when installing Rapport, or the extension is disabled, you can enable the extension at any time with the following procedure.

Procedure

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Click the menu button and select Add-ons.
  3. Click Extensions.

    The Extensions screen is displayed.

  4. Locate the Rapport extension in the list, and click Enable.
    Enabling the Rapport extension in Firefox from the Extensions screen
    The Rapport Firefox extension is now enabled and you will see the gray Rapport icon in the address bar.
    Enabling the Rapport extension in Firefox from the Extensions screen

    The Rapport icon is colored green when navigating to your banking site to indicate that the site is protected. You can go to the banking site to make sure that it works.