350430 - A lot of error messages re. encrypted pages since 1.5.0.6

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 363452

(NSS :: Libraries, defect)

Description

[Frank]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.8.0.6) Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.8.0.6) Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6

Since I upgraded to Firefox V1.5.0.6 I get a lot of error messages re. the unability to establish an encrypted connection. There are two error messages coming again and again. The following texts are translated from the German texts I see to English ones by me. The almost surely don't match the original texts in English:

1. Error when trying to establish an encrypted connection. Error code: -5981

2. Error when trying to verify certificate of [web-site] by OCSP - invalid or unknown answer. Error code: -8073

It seems to me as if this is a timeout problem, since these messages pop up very fast after I enter some https URL. It doesn't matter which URL I choose. These messages appear with every https URL I use.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
Just look at some https URL It will happen quite soon.
Actual Results:  
Either one of these two error messages:

1. Error when trying to establish an encrypted connection. Error code: -5981

2. Error when trying to verify certificate of [web-site] by OCSP - invalid or unknown answer. Error code: -8073


Expected Results:  
No error messages

I can provide you with a pcap file of a session where error 1 happened.

Comment 1

[Frank]

Attachment: Pcap file of such an error. The error occurred at the end of the file

Comment 2

[Frank]

I did not get any of these error messages with previous versions of Firefox. I have been using it since V1.0

Comment 3

[Frank]

OK, I just found out that this bug seems to be related to the NoScript plugin that I use. As soon as I switch it off the error messages disappear.

Sorry for bothering you.

Regards,
Frank

Comment 4

[Frank]

OK, I'll have to reopen this bug again. It still happens, just not so often. It seems that NoScript aggravates the problem but is not the cause. I have it uninstalled and it happened again. It just took a lot longer.

Comment 5

[Frank]

I forgot to describe the environment FF runs in:

- Windows XP SP2 with all patches applied
- An 802.11g WLAN connection to an DSL router which is a bit slow.

I guess the WLAN connection plays a role here as the effect does not occur on my workplace machine that has an ethernet connection to the internet. Still I did not get these errors with FF version before V1.5.0.5 and .6.

Comment 6

[Nelson Bolyard (seldom reads bugmail)]

Another bug report citing negative decimal error numbers.

I don't see any browser error described here.
The complaints are:
a) server refused connection request, and 
b) OCSP responder (server) not responding,
neither of which is a browser fault.

It appears that the single most-used OCSP responder in the world is so 
swamped that it is not able to answer TCP connection requests within 20 
seconds.  This is not a browser fault.  Workaround: disable OCSP in prefs.

Comment 7

[Nelson Bolyard (seldom reads bugmail)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 363452 ***