282880 - sws.ncl.ac.uk views fine when logged in; if another url is loaded into the browser, browser will freeze and give critical error crash after about 5 seconds regardless of actions. perhaps a problem with transition from secure to non-secue browsing env...

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 282879

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Duncan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

-  Log into sws.ncl.ac.uk (webmail service) - Thawt security signed website
-  Browse as much as you like (no problems with this website per se....)
-  Navigate to ANY other website
-  Browser gives critical error and shuts down all instances of the program
running (even other unrelated browser windows) after about 5-10 seconds of
displaying the new page (certinaly no navigation can occur without a crash)
-  Happens every damn time.  EVERY time.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Brose to and log in to sws.ncl.ac.uk:  TRUST YOU HERE!!!:  un = n2226089  pw
= ABCabc123123
2.browse it if you like: i doubt you need to.
3. navigate to another page, eg. ebay.co.uk/ google.co.uk:  wait 5 seconds the
click a link or just breath or pick your nose or anything.

Actual Results:  
critical error - crash of firefox.exe

Expected Results:  
**** all... carried on as usual.

theme:  qute 3

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 282879 ***

Comment 2

[Duncan]

The original summary for this bug was longer than 255 characters, and so it was truncated when Bugzilla was upgraded. The original summary was:

sws.ncl.ac.uk views fine when logged in;  if another url is loaded into the browser, browser will freeze and give critical error crash after about 5 seconds regardless of actions.  perhaps a problem with transition from secure to non-secue browsing environment?