283370 - problem connecting to internet (thru proxy)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core :: Networking, defect)

Description

[Dru Eo]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: 

When trying to connect to a proxy server, Firefox does not connect.
The proxy i need to connect to needs the user to download a authentication 
certificate to log in and browse the web. However, it does not connect to the 
specified proxy, and it seems there is no action taken to do so by the 
browser. Firefox returns the "connection was refused when trying to contact 
the proxy server that you configured..." message. The strange thing is that 
when the computer was booted in safe mode using the master administrator 
account, i was able to connect to the proxy normally. It seems to only do this 
when a normal user account is used.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.set connection settings to proxy (mine is: proxy.nyit.edu:80)
2.try to access a website (any)


Actual Results:  
firefox immediately returns the error message "connection was refused when 
trying to contact the proxy server that you configured..." 

Expected Results:  
connected and shown the login screen.

Windows XP service pack 2.
Using the same settings in MSIE 6 allowed me to connect normally.
Using firefox in safe mode (with networking) using the master administrator 
account allowed me to connect normally.

Comment 1

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

*** Bug 283371 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Cynthia O'Malley]

I am just an end-user and should not even be this far into the organization
(Bugzilla with an account). I support open systems and all the work Mozilla is
doing so I will continue down the rabbit hole.

BUG - problem connecting to internet (thru proxy) (#283370 & #283371)
REPEATABLE
MY SYSTEM:
XP Windows service pak2
Foxfire 1.06 reloaded Wed July 20
EVENT:
I tried to open Firefox and receive the following A LERT pop-up:
“The connection was refused when attempting to contact the proxy server you have
configured. Please check your proxy settings and try again.”
On my other computer I tested Firefox connection and it is working fine.
Therefore, I deleted Firefox, downloaded and reinstalled it. I am still getting
the ALERT pop-up. Can you help me?
I am running WindowsXP, Ad-AwareSE Personal, AVG Free, Microsoft AntiSpyware,
CWshredder, Spybot-Search&Destroy SD, Spybot-Search&Destory Teatimer,
SpywareBlaster, SpywareGuard.
All was fine until I updated Microsoft AntiSpyware, Ad-Aware, SpyBlaster,
Spybot, Spyware Guard.
From Firefox HELP page I read “No Proxy for” support document. I believe one of
the five updates is blocking you through a changed setting.
I can get on successfully with Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Again, can you help?
THANKS, Cynthia ([e-mail])

Comment 3

[Darin Fisher]

-> default owner

Comment 4

[RNicoletto]

Is this bug still reproducible?

Comment 5

[Yunier J.]

On Firefox Nightly 30.0a1 happen the same, in this case is like Firefox not authenticate with squid proxy server.
On windows I can surf but first should enable the preference network.auth.force-generic-ntlm.

Comment 6

[Yunier J.]

I forget the system, I use Debian 7.4

Comment 7

[Patrick McManus [:mcmanus]]

we disabled v1 ntlm on linux because it was insecure and we don't have a replacement for it, see 828183

Comment 8

[Yunier J.]

(In reply to Patrick McManus [:mcmanus] from comment #7)
> we disabled v1 ntlm on linux because it was insecure and we don't have a
> replacement for it, see 828183

Thank you Patrick, I'm using Firefox 29 over a profile modified by Firefox 30 and when I connected to Internet the proxy not ask password (prompt authentication) to me. It is very good, in my country need some like this.