301322 - Cannot do update behind a firewall because update component uses unusual ports

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[elfguy]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050719 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050719 Firefox/1.0+

In the latest 1.1 nightly builds, the Firefox update component cannot connect to
the server if the user is behind a firewall blocking unusual ports, because the
update does not use port 80 or 443. It also does not give a proper reason other
than "AUS: Connection failed".

The update should use the 443 (https) port, AND if it fails to connect it should
give a hint to the user that he may be disconnected from the Internet or behind
a firewall.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use a firewall to block all ports.
2. Use the latest win32 nightly.
3. Use Help -> Check for updates.

Comment 1

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050718
Firefox/1.0+ ID:2005071806
I can confirm this, and it's indeed very annoying.

Comment 2

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

see also bug 301206

Comment 3

[Darin Fisher]

Port 8711 is only a temporary port number used for testing purposes.  We will be
moving to the standard 443 port number for HTTPS for final.  Marking this bug
INVALID.

Comment 4

[Darin Fisher]

*** Bug 301206 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Darin Fisher]

*** Bug 301206 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Jaime Mitchell (use [e-mail] for email)]

*** Bug 304402 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***