Re: WAS Firefox adds a controversial ToS
On Sat, Mar 01, 2025 at 22:55:06 -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Mar 01, 2025 at 15:43:39 -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> > > > > Chromium has hijacked port 80 for google's exclusive use, bypassing totally
> > > > > my /etc/hosts file for my local network.
[Turn off DNS over HTTP.]
> it still disabled after turning that off, Greg. Only works if I use the
> ipv4 address of that 3d printer. Noticeably a hell of a lot faster than
> firefox-esr which is why I liked it in the first place. Is there something
> else I should turn on?
At this point, we need the full details.
* What version of Debian?
* What version of Chromium?
* What is the EXACT thing you are typing into the URL bar?
* After you press Enter, what does Chromium rewrite the URL bar to (i.e.
what do you see without clicking on it)?
* Triple-click the rewritten URL bar, and then paste it.
* What results do you see in the browser?
And some additional background details:
* grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
* ls -ld /etc/resolv.conf
* cat /etc/resolv.conf
And for whatever local name $NAME you're putting into the URL bar:
* getent hosts $NAME
* grep $NAME /etc/hosts
I'm not using Chromium, but I'll start by showing what I get in Google
Chrome:
hobbit:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
12.9
hobbit:~$ dpkg -l google-chrome-stable | tail -n1
ii google-chrome-stable 133.0.6943.141-1 amd64 The web browser from Google
What I type into the URL bar: http://hobbit
After pressing Enter, it says: hobbit/
After triple-clicking, it pastes as: http://hobbit/
What I see in the browser:
=========================================================
This site can’t be reached
hobbit refused to connect.
Try:
Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
=========================================================
hobbit:~$ grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: files dns
hobbit:~$ ls -ld /etc/resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 84 Feb 9 09:04 /etc/resolv.conf
hobbit:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by resolvconf
domain home
search wooledge.org home
nameserver 127.0.0.1
hobbit:~$ getent hosts hobbit
127.0.1.1 hobbit.wooledge.org hobbit
hobbit:~$ grep hobbit /etc/hosts
127.0.1.1 hobbit.wooledge.org hobbit
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