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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 12:45:38 +0100, The Natural Philosopher   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 04/10/2024 10:56, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >> BTW what's the quickest way o updating the browser I'm using in Linux? It   
   >> barfed on the link you gave, saying it wasn't a secure connection. Firfox   
   >> for Windows lets me override that, but Firefox for Linux obviously   
   >> doesn't, so I'd better update it.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >I think there is a way because I am running latest Firefox against my   
   >own (non https) sites   
   >   
   >This is probably what I disabled years ago:   
   >   
   >Preferences ->Privacy  &  security->HTTPS Only Mode   
   >   
   >and select:   
   >   
   >Don’t enable HTTPS-Only Mode   
   >   
   >Then instead of flat out refusing to connect it gives you other options   
   >IIRC.   
      
   Thanks, but perhaps an updated version might work as well, though   
   perhaps it might be bloated and clunkly, like the Windows equivalent.   
      
      
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