[Bug 778985] [NEW] Unable to access certain login pages via Firefox and Chromium under Ubuntu

[Lee Hyde]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

As of approximately 2 days ago I have been unable to access certain
(though not all) login/credential pages via either Firefox 4.0 or the
latest version of Chromium under Ubuntu. This bug does NOT effect
Firefox 4.0 under Windows 7 (I have a dual boot machine) and may also be
the cause of issues I am experiencing when trying to connect to a work
VPN.

In both cases (VPN and login/credential pages) the connection is simply
refused, and I am presented with an 'unable to connect' error in Firefox
4.0 and a 'Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED): The server refused
the connection' error in Chromium.

Here follows a list of known login/credential pages which are effected
by this bug:

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/mybirkbeckprofile
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/its/password
https://www.securesuite.co.uk/

There are no doubt more, sadly I neglected to make a note of them, and
some were related to www.athens.ac.uk and were thus redirects from
content providers. Hopefully the above is representative enough that it
will help diagnose the issue.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: chromium connection credentials firefox login refused vpn web

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Title:
  Unable to access certain login pages via Firefox and Chromium under
  Ubuntu