229229 - Bad forward on localhost when port specified

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 178123

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Geeknik]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7

Trying to connect to http://localhost when I don't have a web server bound to
the loop back at port 80 seems to be ok, but when I attempt to specify an
alternative port I get a strange redirect.  An example (I was going to ssh
redirect to a remote VNC servers java client on 5800 but forgot to establish ssh
tunnel first) http://localhost:5800 fails and Firebird defaults/finds (somehow)
http://www.localhost.net.au/ which is a particularly annoying page to end up at.
 I'd give you the version of Firebird I'm running but I can't seem to "Help -->
About Mozilla Firebird" to work having already followed the credits link to the
Mozilla site once (another bug? didn't search for this one anyhow, maybe it's
just my installation)  E-mail me if you need further details / version numbers.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Firebird
2. Type http://localhost:5800 on the URL line (assuming 5800 is not a valid web
server)
3. Get redirected to some clever Aussie's web page

Actual Results:  
Inappropriate redirection

Expected Results:  
Failed to connect

I think it's pretty well covered in the description, let me know if you need
more detail.  sorry, this is the first one of these I've submited, appologies in
advance.

Comment 1

[Geeknik]

I'm running Firebird 0.7, guess the "About" window was left open and hidden
behind a newly opened window (my bad).

Comment 2

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 184433 ***

Comment 3

[benc]

Geeknik: what happens when there is no webserver on port 80 and you type:

http://localhost ?

Does it still go to www.localhost.net.au ?

If so, this is a possible duplicate of bug 178123.

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 178123 ***

Comment 5

[benc]

V/dupe.