129502 - SOCKS: "Connection refused" error when "Timeout" should be returned

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Core :: Networking: Proxy, defect, P5)

Description

[benc]

STEPS:
Configure manual proxy for valid SOCKS 5 server.
Connect to unused IP address.

OBSERVED:
"Connection refused" error returned.

EXPECTED:
"The operation timed out when attempting to contact <IP address>."

Comment 1

[benc]

confirmed allplats

Comment 2

[benc]

Temporarily "futuring" all PAC&SOCKS bugs to clear new-networking queue.

I will review later. (I promise)

If you object, and can make a case for a mozilla 1.0 fix, please reset milestone
to  "--" or email me.

Comment 3

[Torben]

Probably the same as bug 40497, resolving as dupe since notthing seems tobe
happening here.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 40497 ***

Comment 4

[benc]

REOPEN:
This is for a SOCKS config.

Comment 6

[Dan Merillat]

Wow, No wonder I didn't see this bug when reporting mine, it's over 5 years old.

As I noted in #402838 people are bitching about near-instant connection timeouts because the error message is wrong.  This would resolve a number of percieved proxy errors by providing the appropriate messages - and that can't be too difficult, can it?

Comment 7

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

Bulk change to priority: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1399258

Comment 8

[Randell Jesup [:jesup] (needinfo me)]

Moving back to unconfirmed since it's unclear if this still is the case