270890 - Security warning when open link in new tab or window, but not otherwise

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 156758

(Core :: Security, defect)

Description

[Greg Colyer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910

When browsing within a secure site, opening a link within the same tab/window
(e.g., clicking on it) does not generate a new "secure site" warning. However,
opening in a new tab or new window does.

I can see technically why this might happen, if a new HTTPS connection is set up
in the latter but not the former case (is it?) but as a user it does not make
sense. I am fetching the same page; it should not matter where on the screen I
choose to render it.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make sure preferences set to display security warnings
2. Go to e.g. recently reported bugs list via https://bugzilla.mozilla.org
3. Open a bug in a new tab or window (e.g. via right-click)

Actual Results:  
Security warnings displayed at steps 2 and 3

Expected Results:  
Security warning displayed at step 2 only, same as if simple Open (e.g. via
left-click) used at step 3

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

The problem is the silly transition from about:blank to the secure document....

Comment 2

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

This looks like a duplicate of Bug 272436 or vice versa.

Comment 3

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz] (OOO: back Aug 26)]

*** Bug 272436 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[Ulrik Sverdrup]

Also has the effect that loading any special page (like, about:mozilla or
about:bookmarks in Camino) results in a security warning "You are about to leave
a secure site" if those are turned on.

Comment 5

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 156758 ***