Open Bug 549299 Opened 15 years ago Updated 6 months ago

"Proxy server refusing connections" error when SOCKS proxy merely can't connect

Categories

(Core :: Networking: Proxy, defect, P3)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking: Proxy
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

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People

(Reporter: greenrd, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

(Whiteboard: [necko-triaged]) 

I am trying to access a site via ssh's built-in SOCKS proxy. When I do so, I get the following error message:

The proxy server is refusing connections
Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that is refusing connections.

But there's nothing wrong with the proxy - the proxy is still working on other sites - it's the destination site that is not (apparently) working (ssh says connection refused).

(This is kind of the dual of a bug that I used to encounter - Firefox for many years used to give the wrong error message whenever I tried to connect to a proxy that was down.)
Severity: minor → S4
Blocks: necko-error
Component: General → Networking: Proxy
Priority: -- → P3
Product: Firefox → Core
Version: 3.6 Branch → unspecified
Whiteboard: [necko-triaged]
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