My firewall proxy requires an initial http connection to set up a session. After that, https works.
In past Firefox, I could put in a http url, even though the site requires https. Firefox would leave it alone and the proxy intercepts, presents the login dialog and everything is fine.
Now FF insists on changing the url to https and I can't open the firewall proxy. I have to fiddle around until I can send the plan http url
Does anyone know of a public site that is NOT https so I can use that URL as my initial access?
URGH!!!
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On 2/14/22 17:25, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
My firewall proxy requires an initial http connection to set up a session. After that, https works.
In past Firefox, I could put in a http url, even though the site requires https. Firefox would leave it alone and the proxy intercepts, presents the login dialog and everything is fine.
Now FF insists on changing the url to https and I can't open the firewall proxy. I have to fiddle around until I can send the plan http url
Does anyone know of a public site that is NOT https so I can use that URL as my initial access?
URGH!!!
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Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 17:25:36 -0500 From: Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com
Now FF insists on changing the url to https and I can't open the firewall proxy. I have to fiddle around until I can send the plan http url
This is not the default FF setting. The fedora FF release (currently 97.0), as well as the current production release directly from mozilla.org (also 97.0) and the centos (91.5.0esr) version, defaults to "Don't enable HTTPS-Only Mode" on the Privacy & Security settings page. There are two https-only options, but the user has to make that change/selection (or install an https-only addon) to get https-only mode.
On 2/14/22 19:17, Richard wrote:
Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 17:25:36 -0500 From: Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com
Now FF insists on changing the url to https and I can't open the firewall proxy. I have to fiddle around until I can send the plan http url
This is not the default FF setting. The fedora FF release (currently 97.0), as well as the current production release directly from mozilla.org (also 97.0) and the centos (91.5.0esr) version, defaults to "Don't enable HTTPS-Only Mode" on the Privacy & Security settings page. There are two https-only options, but the user has to make that change/selection (or install an https-only addon) to get https-only mode.
I am using what is defaults, but that is not enough:
It does not seem to me a matter of https-only. rather, since the site is https, but will accept http, then force back to https, Firefox 'remembers' that the site really wants https, and so does that even when you explicitly enter http://url.
Sometimes, in the recommendations list for completion, you will see the http:// option and sometimes that works.
neverssl.com is a site that helps with this, as many places, like hotels, need a non-https connection first.
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