Subject: Re: Beware the Source - Mozilla
To: Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang+gnus20030502T214231@wsrcc.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/03/2003 06:47:24
In message <x7isss7i7i.fsf@capsicum.wsrcc.com>, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht writes:
>
>> ...the problem? The mozilla 1.3 that I downloaded,
>> compiled and installed works great, except that it won't
>> access netbsd through the www.netbsd.org and ftp.netbsd.org
>> addresses. ...no error messages. The browser simply stops
>
>Same problem here. It looks like this is related to sites that have
>IPV6 addresses. If you force mozilla/galeon to use www.netbsd.org's
>ipv4 address then the pages load.
>
I've had the same experience with galeon -- if I want to use a v6 site,
I have to employ a friendly proxy. It's quite definitely related to v6
addresses being present. Deleting even the link-local address from my
machine hasn't helped.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)