XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2023-02-04 19:04, VanguardLH wrote:   
   > "Carlos E.R."  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Incubus wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Nil  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> How about HTTPS-Only Mode, under Privacy & Security?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> HTTPS provides a secure, encrypted connection between Firefox and the   
   >>>> websites you visit. Most websites support HTTPS, and if HTTPS-Only   
   >>>> Mode is enabled, then Firefox will upgrade all connections to HTTPS.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> [ ] Enable HTTPS-Only Mode in all windows   (Manage Exceptions...)   
   >>>> [ ] Enable HTTPS-Only Mode in private windows only   
   >>>> [x] Don't enable HTTPS-Only Mode   
   >>>   
   >>> When I did that the strange thing is I was able to get, momentarily,   
   >>> a log in into the router but then it reverted instantly back to   
   >>> wanting https! https://i.postimg.cc/5tNdmWVZ/Screenshot-49.png   
   >>   
   >> That's because the router itself supports https and has a certificate   
   >> for it. It is the router itself who is insisting on https.   
   >   
   > In that screenshot-49.png, notice the crossed-out padlock in the address   
   > bar.  The router does not have a site certificate for its internal web   
   > server, so the router cannot use HTTPS.  The user is connecting via   
   > HTTP, and why the cross-out padlock appears to warn HTTPS is *not* being   
   > used.   
      
   No, that means that you are not using a secure connection, not   
   necessarily that it is not available. The OP mentioned connecting to it   
   via https, but could not accept the certificate because he didn't get   
   the option to click (because pop ups were blocked, I guess).   
      
   Firefox, I understand, had at that point disabled the option to force   
   https in config.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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