Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

[Mark Allums <mark@allums.email>]

On 09/07/2016 03:01 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 07/09/16 03:03 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> > On 09/07/2016 01:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > Greetings all;
> > >
> > > Online business seems to have hit a roadblock.
> > >
> > > Is there anything I can change in the about:config that will
> > > allow the "next" button to work on the https paypal pages?
> > >
> > > I have even tried it a couple time after restarting in the safe
> > > mode, with all plugins disabled.  Dead in water, not a single
> > > packet seems to be issued when, after entering the paypal address
> > > of the recipient, I click on the Next button adjacent to the
> > > right.
> > >
> > > FWIW, the old, hasn't ever been updated google chromium also
> > > behaves the same, when I can get it to login, which is about 10%
> > > of the time.  After rebooting, it will not login at all.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > Firefox is definitely broken.  I can't view YouTube videos or
> > visit many common web sites.  I get a security warning.  I blame a
> > crypto update for this, as well as a Firefox update.
> >
> > Mark Allums
> I think your problem is that Debian doesn't install a Flash viewer
> by default. This leads to sites that check for such things to report
> that your browser doesn't have one.  Read
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2993902/browsers/how-to-get-the-latest-version-of-flash-on-firefox-for-linux-after-adobes-abandonment.html
> for how to get around this.
>

Here is my error message:  Is this message Flash-related?


Your connection is not secure

The website tried to negotiate an inadequate level of security.

www.youtube.com uses security technology that is outdated and vulnerable 
to attack. An attacker could easily reveal information which you thought 
to be safe. The website administrator will need to fix the server first 
before you can visit the site.

Error code: NS_ERROR_NET_INADEQUATE_SECURITY