295263 - when opening an page via an encrypted connection in a new tab, the page shows no security signs

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 295121

(Firefox :: Security, defect)

Description

[Andreas Wuest]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050523 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050523 Firefox/1.0+

When opening a link which has a https://... url in a new tab, the url is
displayed correctly with https, but the location bar does not turn yellow, the
lock does not show up, nor does 'View Page Info' -> 'Security' display the
certificate nor the enryption.

If opening the link in the same frame or in a new window, this problem does not
show up.

If the actual connection has been encrypted or not, i don't know.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to a page with a https:// link
2. Choose 'Open Link in New Tab'

Actual Results:  
Location bar does not show that connection is encrypted nor the page is
verified, although it is a https url (and, no, it does not show a broken lock as
well!).

Expected Results:  
Dislpay correct security information.

I don't know if the transmission has been in fact encrpyted, or if this makes it
possible to load pages in unencrypted mode! At least, the visual signs do not
indicate encryption...

Comment 1

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Confirming. No errors on javascript console. Possible fallout from bug 281988?

Comment 2

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 295121 ***