SSL with FF 2.0 on IIS 5.0 servers

Hi,

I've discovered an issue with FF 2.0 when connecting to a website hosted on 
a windows 2000 server running IIS.  The FF browser will not load the 
webpage.  It throws this error:

The connection was interrupted
The connection to www.****.org was interrupted while the page was loading.
    *   The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in 
a few
          moments.
    *   If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
          connection.
    *   If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, 
make sure
          that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

The same site will load fine on a windows 2k3 server running IIS 6.

My question, does anyone know if anything can be done to fix this issue on 
the windows 2000 servers running iis 5, or is moving the sites to win2k3 iis 
6 the only option.

Thanks,

-Chris






 

Tbird Leader Chris radioed the tower , On 12/4/2006 10:04 AM:
> Hi,
>
> I've discovered an issue with FF 2.0 when connecting to a website hosted on 
> a windows 2000 server running IIS.  The FF browser will not load the 
> webpage.  It throws this error:
>
> The connection was interrupted
> The connection to www.****.org was interrupted while the page was loading.
>     *   The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in 
> a few
>           moments.
>     *   If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
>           connection.
>     *   If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, 
> make sure
>           that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
>
> The same site will load fine on a windows 2k3 server running IIS 6.
>
> My question, does anyone know if anything can be done to fix this issue on 
> the windows 2000 servers running iis 5, or is moving the sites to win2k3 iis 
> 6 the only option.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Chris

Default access to the SSL2 protocols was dropped from FF2 for security 
reasons due to the very weak 40bit encryption.  You can manually 
activate SSL2 by editing the prefs for a profile by use of  
about:config.  Use the filter bar to find SSL2 and toggle entries with 
the right click on a highlighted entry.

Suggest that you use two profiles, one with the SSl2 and one without.  
This way you can manage your security risk by running with weak security 
only when needed.

-- 
Ron K.
Don't be a fonted, it's just type casting