Closed Bug 1305055 Opened 8 years ago Closed 8 years ago

localhost will sometimes redirect to www.localhost.com when no server reachable

Categories

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

50 Branch
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1087380

People

(Reporter: u580221, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0 Build ID: 20160919004008 Steps to reproduce: I entered "localhost:7654" into the address bar and pressed enter Actual results: Firefox leads me to www.localhost.com:7654. Firefox will even do that if I enter "http://localhost:7654" now. This is absolutely unacceptable for an existing valid hostname (especially the notable "localhost" which should really ALWAYS resolve) and an obvious security problem. Expected results: localhost" or any other resolved hostname NEVER gets randomly changed EVER, even if the server refuses connections.
Group: firefox-core-security
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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