Hi, A couple of sites - <a href="http://slideshare.net" target="_blank">slideshare.net</a> and <a href="http://beta.indiawaterportal.org" target="_blank">beta.indiawaterportal.org</a> show 'connecting' on the status bar for a long time, but finally give the message 'address not found'. I have currently the updated version of Firefox running on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.14. I had Firestarter enabled, and it would detect a blocked connection whenever I tried to connect to these sites. Opening Slideshare would detect a connection to <a href="http://174.36.28.11-static.reverse.softlayer.com/" target="_blank">174.36.28.11-static.reverse.softlayer.com</a> and <a href="http://beta.indiawaterportal.org/" target="_blank">beta.indiawaterportal.org</a> would detect to 174.142.53.78 9 (<a href="http://lists.indiawaterportal.org/" target="_blank">lists.indiawaterportal.org</a>). Even when I allow connection to these sites in Firestarter settings, it does not work. However, after I have removed Firestarter and restarted, the sites open in Firefox. I have filed a bug on Launchpad at <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364436">https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364436</a> , its perhaps a bug in Firestarter rather than Firefox, or a problem in my local settings. Would you suggest any using other firewall software. Would appreciate any help on this from the community. Regards Ashis