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firefox forcing https

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This question has been asked before but never a satisfactory answer.

I’ on my home lan. Then router has an embedded web server that is required to admin the box. The web server does not implement ssl. When I enter the router’s ip into FF - 192.169.1.1 - it gets changed to https://192.168.1.1. There is, of course, no such beast so I can never contact the router.

This is a new - and very unhelpful - behavior in FF.

There absolutely needs to be a way to disable this “feature” or to provide a whitelist where sites (like my router) can be entered and which FF will not mess with.

I hope I’ve made this clear enough that no one is going to tell me that I need to reconfigure my web server to allow http or to do anything else that is impossible with an inherently insecure server embedded in firmware.

This question has been asked before but never a satisfactory answer. I’ on my home lan. Then router has an embedded web server that is required to admin the box. The web server does not implement ssl. When I enter the router’s ip into FF - 192.169.1.1 - it gets changed to https://192.168.1.1. There is, of course, no such beast so I can never contact the router. This is a new - and very unhelpful - behavior in FF. There absolutely needs to be a way to disable this “feature” or to provide a whitelist where sites (like my router) can be entered and which FF will not mess with. I hope I’ve made this clear enough that no one is going to tell me that I need to reconfigure my web server to allow http or to do anything else that is impossible with an inherently insecure server embedded in firmware.

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Do you have HTTPS Everywhere installed?

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Do you really mean that 169 in the IP changes to 168 or is this a typo and the only get the secure https ?

You can try to rename/remove SiteSecurityServiceState.txt in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed.

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:preferences page.

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typo, I blunder a lot on the ipad pseudo keyboard. I’ try what you suggested.

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Tyler Downer said

Do you have HTTPS Everywhere installed?

No