Closed Bug 220206 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

Conn:Page stops loading when accessing a host which is redirected via hosts file

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 219150

People

(Reporter: ov3rride, Assigned: bugzilla)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030917 Firebird/0.6.1+ Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030917 Firebird/0.6.1+ Let's say im loading a page. That page has an add on it. that add picture is located on a remote host different from the one im now accessing. If that add host is being redirected to localhost via the hosts file, the page im currently viewing stops loading completley, and awaits data from localhost. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.load a page 2.get the add's hostname, and enter it in the hosts file so it redirects to localhost Actual Results: page stopped loading and awaited data from localhost Expected Results: it should timeout the connection to the localhost after a few seconds, and finish loading the page.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 219150 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Summary: Page stops loading when accessing a host which is redirected via hosts file → Page stops loading when accessing a host which is redirected via hosts file
V/dupe.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
QA Contact: benc
Summary: Page stops loading when accessing a host which is redirected via hosts file → Conn:Page stops loading when accessing a host which is redirected via hosts file
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