Mozilla Firefox 3.6 : Gmail, Google Docs connection reset problem

Just filed a support issue over at Mozilla for this problem I encountered over the past few days.

Ran into this problem in Firefox 3.6, both 3.6.2 and 3.6.3, and across multiple machines - when trying to access Gmail, Google Docs via HTTS/SSL a "connection was reset" error is encountered. Network/connectivity issues can likely be ruled out since these services work under Internet Explorer and Google Chrome on the same machines.

A few further notes regarding this issue :

- HTTPS works on other sites but not on Google sites
- I've cleared cache, cookies, etc. to no avail
- ditto with deleting profiles.ini to create a new default profile
- status bar flashes "waiting for www.google.com" ~10 times
- both Firefox 3.6.2 and 3.6.3 are affected
- going back to Firefox 3.5.9 works, as do IE & Chrome

From observing the status bar and chatter elsewhere, it could be some kind of redirect issue. I've got one laptop on Firefox 3.6.3 and another on Firefox 3.6.2 and both have had the same problem. The odd thing was, they were both working up until the middle of last week. Oh, and I'm having this problem back at the office where both machines are behind what is probably your typical corporate firewall - though I can't really point to that as the cause since both IE and Google Chrome work perfectly fine with Google's sites. No problems at home with 3.6.x though. It's a rather odd mix I should say.

In the meantime, pending a resolution of this issue, I'm switching back to Firefox 3.5, and now will have to restore my usual set of bookmarks, settings, extensions and all. The latest 3.5.9 iteration fixes the same critical security issues as 3.6.2, whilst 3.6.3 only fixes a 3.6-specific problem so security-wise it should be covered as best as can be for now.

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