HOW TO CONNECT TO THE ELECTRONIC PREMIUM REMITTANCE SYSTEM WEBSITE Secure Socket Layer is a protocol designed to enable application to transmit information back and forth securely. Some applications that are configured to run SSL include web browsers like Internet Explorer, and Firefox. These programs are automatically able to receive SSL connections. The online applications of Philhealth like the Electronic Premium Remittance System (EPRS) use this kind of protocol to secure the connections that are coming from outside the PHIC network. In order to establish a secure SSL connection, however, the application must first have an encryption key assigned to it by a Certification Authority in the form of a Certificate. Once the application has a unique key of its own, a secure connection using the SSL protocol can be established. Philhealth shall provide the Certificates (Root and Client Certificate) with network user account in order to have a secure access to EPRS website and to also identify if the user who is trying to access the website is authorized. PHILHEALTH shall email the Certificates and network user accounts to all EPRS website users. The Certificates should be installed to the web browser that the user will use and provide the requested network user account to login and access the website. Please be informed, however, that the network user accounts will be valid for one year only upon issuance. It is advised, therefore, that to avoid service interruption, PHILHEALTH should be informed of the intention of the user to renew their network user accounts before the one year expiration. Once the account is renewed, the Network Group, ITMD of PHILHEALTH should be informed of the said renewal through email address network@philhealth.gov.ph as a requisite to the extension of the validity of the network user account. As for the client certificate, this will also have