76023 - https link opens in the system's default browser window

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 75848

(Core :: Security, defect)

Description

[gikoreno2]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (Win98; U)
BuildID:    2001041212

When I click on a https link, the page is displayed in the default browser of 
the system (in my case NS4.77) rather than Mozilla.
One thing worth mentionning is that I used the installer build.

I tried setting https as default in Mozilla (Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Windows 
Integration/Internet Shortcuts) but when I do so, nothing happens when I click 
on https links. I therefore cannot connect to any site using https (like hotmail 
for instance). Since today's build is using PSM 2 I was wondering if it might be 
that. 

Bob Lord mentionned in the newsgroups that someone reported this on IRC today, 
and that another theory (besides PSM) might indicate that this is a Necko bug 
rather than a PSM bug, so I might have filed this bug on the wrong "component".

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. go to "mail.yahoo.com"
2. click on "secure" Sign-in Mode

or

1. go to "hotmail.com"
2. fill the login/password
3. click on Sign-in

Actual Results:  
-when clicking on a https link, the page is displayed in the 
default browser of the system and not Mozilla.

-when submitting the info to a site using https (e.g hotmail), nothing happens. 

-If Windows Integration setting is on, nothing happens when clicking on https 
links.

Expected Results:  the https link should open on current Mozilla browser window.

Comment 1

[David Shochat]

Based on the conjecture that this is peculiar to sea installs, I tried it 
with my CVS build. The problem did not occur; I was able to read my yahoo 
mail in secure mode. The build was done on 4/13. The mozilla checkout (except 
for psm2) was with a date of "12 Apr 2001 16:24:26 PDT". However, the psm2
was latest (else it wouldn't compile).

Comment 2

[David Shochat]

Oops. I just noticed that this was reported for Windows 98. My success above
is on Linux. Well, maybe that's a useful data point anyway.

Comment 3

[TommyBee (No E-mail)]

This looks like a duplicate of bug 75848.

Comment 4

[Kathleen :Brade]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75848 ***

Comment 5

[ckritzer (gone)]

Marking VERIFIED DUPLICATE.