topic Re: SuSE 9.0 Epiphany browser in Operating System - Linux

SuSE 9.0 Epiphany browser

Vernon Brown_4 — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:52:41 GMT

When using this browser and trying to connect to a secure location ( https://paypal.com/ ) I get the following error message:

The connection was refused when attempting to contact the proxy server you have configured.

All my other browsers are able to negotiate my proxy server to contact secure locations. Other browsers include Netscape, IE, and Konqueror.

I'm using Ipchains in my proxy which is running RedHat 7.1. Does anyone know of an Ipchains rule that might exclude the Epiphany 1.0 browser ??

Not a big problem. I would just like to know the cause of it.

Thanks for your time.

Vern

Re: SuSE 9.0 Epiphany browser

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:57:12 GMT

I think the problem is more likely with the browser than the ipchains.

If it works with the other browsers, check their preferences and try and adjust this browser to the same way and then try again.

The browser might just ship with the wrong defaults.

In other matters, consider moving the redhat box from ipchains to iptables if possible. That will provide more consistent and reliable NAT and other services. iptables is stateless and requires less configuration than ipchains to share an internet connection.

SEP

Re: SuSE 9.0 Epiphany browser

Vernon Brown_4 — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:42:49 GMT

Thanks for your suggestions. I found that Epiphany was set up to use port 443 for https and the other browsers were set up to use port 80. I opened port 443 in ipchains on the proxy and the connection is no longer refused but the returned data seems to still be blocked.

Epiphany does connect when set to use port 80 for secure connections ??

I suspect that ipchains is blocking the returned secure data.