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Firewall Blocks a Page in Firefox, but not Chrome

thegreypanther

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Posted February 28, 2013 at 8:57AM

I have a page on the "Times" website which I used to regularly access using Firefox, but which I now can't get on to. The message which eventually appears tells me that a firewall may be blocking access to this page.

I can access other pages on the "Times" website, and I can access this particular page (Puzzles) using Chrome.

Is it possible for a firewall to block access to a particular page in a particular browser, and, if so, how can I unblock this?

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Woolwell

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Posted February 28, 2013 at 10:31AM

I doubt that a firewall is blocking a specific page in one browser only.

Suggest that you clear your cache/browsing history in Firefox and try again.

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thegreypanther

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Posted February 28, 2013 at 10:46AM

Woolwell

Many thanks, - your suggestion is spot on! Really grateful.

Curious, though, that the "Times" website suggests that the firewall may be to blame.

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difarn

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Posted February 28, 2013 at 10:55AM

Some crosswords in newspapers on line require the use of java and as a result of recent scares a lot of people have disabled theirs - Firefox itself disabled it in their browser for a while.

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Woolwell

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Posted February 28, 2013 at 11:29AM

You can get a "duff" page and clearing it sometimes helps.

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Jock1e

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Posted February 28, 2013 at 2:34PM

Update for Firefox today.19.01 maybe see if that helps.

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MuDelta

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Posted March 23, 2013 at 5:21PM

thegreypanther

Surely your problem is solved; if so mark it as such. I had a similar problem and it was the firewall! I changed firewall and all was OK.

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