Re: search.cpan.org broken?

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Re^2: search.cpan.org broken? by afoken (Chancellor) on Sep 21, 2017 at 04:53 UTC
Yes, it seems the common factor is Firefox in combination with HTTPS everywhere. For some strange reason, Firefox tries to access search.cpan.org via HTTPS, even after completely removing "HTTPS Everywhere". I can access search.cpan.org from IE, so the problem is somewhere on my side. (I should have tested that before posting.) Update: It seems my FF profile is damaged, a fresh profile can access `http://search.cpan.org/`, but my normal profile forces a redirect to the non-working `https://search.cpan.org/`. Still searching ... Created a new FF profile, without "HTTPS Everywhere". I still wonder what happened, but I won't investigate any further. I've already wasted too much time fixing that problem. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: search.cpan.org broken?
by afoken (Chancellor) on Sep 21, 2017 at 04:53 UTC

Yes, it seems the common factor is Firefox in combination with HTTPS everywhere. For some strange reason, Firefox tries to access search.cpan.org via HTTPS, even after completely removing "HTTPS Everywhere". I can access search.cpan.org from IE, so the problem is somewhere on my side. (I should have tested that before posting.)

Update:

It seems my FF profile is damaged, a fresh profile can access http://search.cpan.org/, but my normal profile forces a redirect to the non-working https://search.cpan.org/. Still searching ...

Created a new FF profile, without "HTTPS Everywhere". I still wonder what happened, but I won't investigate any further. I've already wasted too much time fixing that problem.

Alexander

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Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)

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