Bug 29496

Summary:	since the update from 78.7 to 91.1 Firefox doesn't display anymore the ftp sites
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Philippe Didier <philippedidier>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal
Version:	8
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	firefox-91.1.0-1	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Philippe Didier 2021-09-27 12:42:53 CEST

Hi
With the previous Firefox ESR  (78.13.0-1) it was possible to display any FTP site (for instance : ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/ )

Since Firefox has been updated to 91.1.0-1 when I enter this ftp address I'm asked to chose which app to open this link !!!
Firefox is proposed but nothing happens when I click on the "Open the link" button !
Blank page

If I chose an other app (konqueror for instance) this app is launched and opens and displays the content of the site (I can navigate to 
ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/core/updates
and see that firefox 91.1.0-1 is in the Mageia8 updates !

Comment 1 sturmvogel 2021-09-27 13:50:18 CEST

ALL major browsers discontinued FTP support! This is the new standard!

https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/07/20/stopping-ftp-support-in-firefox-90/

Comment 2 Philippe Didier 2021-09-27 17:37:44 CEST

Thanks 
I didn't know that...

I think that should have deserved a warning with the update (README.91.1.0-1.update.urpmi)

I will have to change some bookmarks from ftp to https now that I know why they don't work

I think I may close this bug report !

Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX
Status: NEW => RESOLVED

Comment 3 Lewis Smith 2021-09-27 20:54:31 CEST

@Philippe Didier : thank you for reporting the issue
 and
gracefully accepting the explanation.

@sturmvogel : thank you for your informative intervention.