Activity log for bug #325266

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-02-04 12:03:55 Hendy Irawan bug added bug
2009-02-04 12:05:35 Hendy Irawan displayname Bug #325266 Bug #325266 (localhost-cookies)
2009-02-04 12:05:35 Hendy Irawan name localhost-cookies
2009-02-04 12:05:35 Hendy Irawan description Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Opening a website located at http://localhost/something.php that gives a cookie has its cookie ignored by Firefox. The result is logins etc. which require a cookie to work, do not work. The exact same website, when opened using: http://127.0.0.1/something.php http://hostname/something.php http://hostname.local/something.php has its cookies saved and loaded properly by Firefox. For some reason Firefox is "blocking" localhost (only). I have empty cookie exceptions list on my Firefox preferences. Adding "localhost" and setting it as "enable" (always accept) does not work. Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Opening a website located at http://localhost/something.php that gives a cookie has its cookie ignored by Firefox. The result is logins etc. which require a cookie to work, do not work. The exact same website, when opened using: http://127.0.0.1/something.php http://hostname/something.php http://hostname.local/something.php has its cookies saved and loaded properly by Firefox. For some reason Firefox is "blocking" localhost (only). I have empty cookie exceptions list on my Firefox preferences. Adding "localhost" and setting it as "enable" (always accept) does not work. ____ For reference, currently my /etc/hosts is: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 caliva www.melinda.com # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
2009-02-04 12:07:21 Hendy Irawan description Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Opening a website located at http://localhost/something.php that gives a cookie has its cookie ignored by Firefox. The result is logins etc. which require a cookie to work, do not work. The exact same website, when opened using: http://127.0.0.1/something.php http://hostname/something.php http://hostname.local/something.php has its cookies saved and loaded properly by Firefox. For some reason Firefox is "blocking" localhost (only). I have empty cookie exceptions list on my Firefox preferences. Adding "localhost" and setting it as "enable" (always accept) does not work. ____ For reference, currently my /etc/hosts is: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 caliva www.melinda.com # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Opening a website located at http://localhost/something.php that gives a cookie has its cookie ignored by Firefox. The result is logins etc. which require a cookie to work, do not work. The exact same website, when opened using: http://127.0.0.1/something.php http://hostname/something.php http://hostname.local/something.php has its cookies saved and loaded properly by Firefox. For some reason Firefox is "blocking" localhost (only). I have empty cookie exceptions list on my Firefox preferences. Adding "localhost" and setting it as "enable" (always accept) does not work. This only happens on Firefox. Using Konqueror, text-mode ELinks, to browse the site (in all 4 URL variants) works properly (with regard to cookies). ____ For reference, currently my /etc/hosts is: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 caliva www.melinda.com # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
2009-02-08 06:59:14 JanBrinkmann firefox-3.0: status New Incomplete
2009-02-08 06:59:14 JanBrinkmann firefox-3.0: statusexplanation
2009-02-08 07:54:41 JanBrinkmann firefox-3.0: status Incomplete Confirmed
2009-02-08 07:54:41 JanBrinkmann firefox-3.0: statusexplanation Thanks a lot for the additional information!
2009-09-02 02:52:55 Hendy Irawan description Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Opening a website located at http://localhost/something.php that gives a cookie has its cookie ignored by Firefox. The result is logins etc. which require a cookie to work, do not work. The exact same website, when opened using: http://127.0.0.1/something.php http://hostname/something.php http://hostname.local/something.php has its cookies saved and loaded properly by Firefox. For some reason Firefox is "blocking" localhost (only). I have empty cookie exceptions list on my Firefox preferences. Adding "localhost" and setting it as "enable" (always accept) does not work. This only happens on Firefox. Using Konqueror, text-mode ELinks, to browse the site (in all 4 URL variants) works properly (with regard to cookies). ____ For reference, currently my /etc/hosts is: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 caliva www.melinda.com # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Opening a website located at http://localhost/something.php that gives a cookie has its cookie ignored by Firefox. Also occurs for host that does not have dot: http://hostname/something.php The result is logins etc. which require a cookie to work, do not work. The exact same website, when opened using: http://127.0.0.1/something.php http://hostname.custom/something.php # hostname points to 127.0.1.1 http://hostname.local/something.php # hostname points to 192.168.0.x has its cookies saved and loaded properly by Firefox. For some reason Firefox is "blocking" localhost or any hostname without dot. I have empty cookie exceptions list on my Firefox preferences. Adding "localhost" and setting it as "enable" (always accept) does not work. This only happens on Firefox. Using Konqueror, text-mode ELinks, to browse the site (in all 4 URL variants) works properly (with regard to cookies). ____ For reference, currently my /etc/hosts is: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 caliva # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
2009-09-30 00:15:37 Marton Balint firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Invalid