TRAQS Web Services to Migrate from Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 3.0 Protocol

Effective Monday, April 27, 2015, the FINRA TRAQS secure website and TRACE, ADF and ORF Web API reference data files will no longer be accessible using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 3.0 protocol. The elimination of SSL 3.0 is due to identified security risks inherent with the protocol.

As of April 27, 2015, FINRA will disable the SSL 3.0 protocol and firms using that protocol will not be able to establish connectivity to FINRA’s secure Web servers. In order to continue to gain access to TRAQS and to the FINRA API reference data, firms are required to migrate to a more secure protocol such as Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.0, 1.1 or 1.2.

Please contact FINRA Product Management with any questions regarding this notice.