Closed Bug 739202 Opened 13 years ago Closed 12 years ago

archive.mozilla.org does user-agent sniffing on some links for Opera

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(mozilla.org :: FTP: Mirrors, task)

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RESOLVED WORKSFORME

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(Reporter: karl, Assigned: afernandez)

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User Agent: Opera/9.80 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7.3; U; fr) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.61 Steps to reproduce: At Opera we have an opened bug OTW-8231 for Steps to reproduce =================== 1. Go to the http://mozilla-russia.org/products/seamonkey/history.html 2. Click with a mouse on a link to file on this page. 3. There will be a window of request of the password even if it isn't required. It can mislead. Actual results: The server is asking for a password. Expected results: Dialog box for downloading the file. It is not happening on all links. For example, the problem was visible on ftp://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.3/win32/ru/SeaMonkey%20Setup%202.3.exe today. When we are masking Opera as Firefox, it is working.
I have tried that link and is working fine in Firefox for me. Also everything that I clicked on that website works fine for me. CC'ing Callek in case he has more insight about what could have been the cause.
I know of nothing to should/would cause this on my end. Karl is this still going on for you? (I'm tempted to just resolve as WFM)
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The issue is still going on. There is user agent sniffing going on against Opera, for certain links not all of them. Sometimes it happens only the first time you try, and the second time it is working. This is reproducible.
This is happening when you go *directly* on archive.mozilla.org? Can you reproduce it on http://archive.mozilla.org or https://archive.mozilla.org for the links that don't work via ftp://?
1. When you go http://archive.mozilla.org, you access a different page than http://mozilla-russia.org/products/seamonkey/history.html with the following instruction =============== ftp.mozilla.org / archive.mozilla.org - files are here. Notice: This server is the only place to obtain nightly builds and needs to remain available to developers and testers. High bandwidth servers that contain the public release files are available at releases.mozilla.org. If you need to link to a public release, please link to the release server, not here. Thanks! =============== Not sure what you want me to do once arrived on this page. the https version gives a dialog for certificate and then we access the same page. To NOTE that on http://mozilla-russia.org/products/seamonkey/history.html it doesn't happen for all links but some links.
Karl, Can you send me some of the links that have this problem so I can check the logs and investigate further? Thanks!
I was able to reproduce the issue (using Opera version 12.00 on FreeBSD), however, it's random. Links that gave login prompt when I tested; http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/nightly/latest-comm-central-trunk/seamonkey-2.13a1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2 ftp://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.3.1/linux-i686/ru/seamonkey-2.3.1.tar.bz2 however, on subsequent request(s) it worked. Seems one of the nodes is to blame (trying to pin point which one).
General update. I tested the individual ftp/web nodes and was not able to reproduce the issue. Will update with any further findings. I also haven't been able to reproduce the issue again but since I was able to reproduce it before, will keep bug open for further debugging.
Assignee: server-ops → afernandez
Karl are you still experiencing this issue?
Flags: needinfo?(karl)
ok let me check with a recent version of Opera. "Opera/9.80 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7.5) Presto/2.12.388 Version/12.14" I have tested a few links, and everything seems fine now. The links which gave a prompt have been removed. :) Thanks!
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(karl)
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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