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

From	Mark Allums <mark@allums.email>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.
Date	2016-09-07 23:10 +0200
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On 09/07/2016 03:58 PM, 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-latest-version-of-flash-on-firefox-for-linux-after-adobes-abandonment.html
>>>
>>>
>>> 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-crawling-back-to-linux-for-some-security
>
>
> Mark Allums
>
>
>
>
>
https://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2016/08/beta-news-flash-player-npapi-for-linux.html

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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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