Iceweasel/Firefox nonsense

[David A. Bandel]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:03 PM, James McDonald
<james at jamesmcdonald.id.au> wrote:
>
> David A. Bandel wrote:
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Anyone know what this nonsense is about and how to get around it?
>>
>> Port Restricted for Security Reasons
>> This address uses a network port which is normally used for purposes
>> other than Web browsing. Iceweasel has canceled the request for your
>> protection.
>> The requested address specified a port (e.g. "mozilla.org:80" for port
>> 80 on mozilla.org) normally used for purposes other than Web browsing.
>> The browser has canceled the request for your protection and security.
>>

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>
> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/PortBanning.html
>
> I had this problem trying to access port 87 once... annoying .
>

Thanx, James.

This is probably related to the fact that I can no longer print from
the browser except to a file.  All other apps can print, just not the
browser.

What next?

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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