Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

From	Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.
Date	2016-09-08 00:40 +0200
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On Wednesday 07 September 2016 16:58:24 Mark Allums wrote:

> On 09/07/2016 03:43 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> > On 09/07/2016 03:01 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> >> On 07/09/16 03:03 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> >>> On 09/07/2016 01:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>>> Greetings all;
> >>>>
> >>>> Online business seems to have hit a roadblock.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there anything I can change in the about:config that will
> >>>> allow the "next" button to work on the https paypal pages?
> >>>>
> >>>> I have even tried it a couple time after restarting in the safe
> >>>> mode, with all plugins disabled.  Dead in water, not a single
> >>>> packet seems to be issued when, after entering the paypal address
> >>>> of the recipient, I click on the Next button adjacent to the
> >>>> right.
> >>>>
> >>>> FWIW, the old, hasn't ever been updated google chromium also
> >>>> behaves the
> >>>> same, when I can get it to login, which is about 10% of the time.
> >>>> After
> >>>> rebooting, it will not login at all.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers, Gene Heskett
> >>>
> >>> Firefox is definitely broken.  I can't view YouTube videos or
> >>> visit many common web sites.  I get a security warning.  I blame a
> >>> crypto update for this, as well as a Firefox update.
> >>>
> >>> Mark Allums
> >>
> >> I think your problem is that Debian doesn't install a Flash viewer
> >> by default. This leads to sites that check for such things to
> >> report that your browser doesn't have one.  Read
> >> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2993902/browsers/how-to-get-the-late
> >>st-version-of-flash-on-firefox-for-linux-after-adobes-abandonment.ht
> >>ml
> >>
> >> for how to get around this.
> >
> > No, I have installed Flash, and I keep it up to date.  My problem is
> > not YouTube, that was just an example.  I get error messages telling
> > me that the web sites are not secure, coincidentally after updating
> > crypto packages and Firefox.  I don't believe that YouTube is
> > insecure, hence the problem.  Not sending money through PayPal could
> > be a crypto problem, too.
> >
> > Mark Allums
>
> Replying to my own post...
>
> No, you're right, part of the problem is that they set the kill bits
> for older versions of Flash, and Linux Flash is ancient.  The good
> news is, Adobe has relented and announced an up-to-date version of
> Flash for Linux (probably due to unfixable security issues).  The bad
> news is, it's not out yet, and I haven't seen the timetable for
> release.  There's a beta...
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2469886/adobe-flash-goes-craw
>ling-back-to-linux-for-some-security
>
> Mark Allums

Got it, not placed to run yet, but I got it.

Thanks, this page actually had the correct link.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
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FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-07 20:50 +0200
  Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-07 21:10 +0200
    Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-07 21:20 +0200
      [OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-07 22:50 +0200
        Re: [OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment  screen. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-08 00:10 +0200
          Re: [OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment  screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-08 00:20 +0200
            Re: [OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment  screen. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-08 00:30 +0200
      Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-08 00:10 +0200
      Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Francesco Ariis <fa-ml@ariis.it> - 2016-09-08 00:10 +0200
    Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2016-09-07 22:30 +0200
      Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-07 22:50 +0200
        Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-07 23:00 +0200
          Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-07 23:10 +0200
          Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-08 00:40 +0200
        Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-08 00:30 +0200
          Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-08 01:50 +0200
          [resolved] FireFox broken, Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-08 16:40 +0200
            Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-08 17:00 +0200
              Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-08 17:30 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-10 20:30 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-10 21:20 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Charlie <ariestao1@ipstarmail.com.au> - 2016-09-11 01:30 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2016-09-11 03:00 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-11 22:30 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-12 04:10 +0200
            Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-08 21:00 +0200
              Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-09 00:00 +0200
              Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-09 18:40 +0200
      Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-08 00:00 +0200
        Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2016-09-08 00:20 +0200
        Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-08 00:30 +0200
        Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-08 00:40 +0200
          Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-08 02:00 +0200
  Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-07 22:50 +0200
    Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-08 00:20 +0200
      Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-08 02:00 +0200

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