From debian-user  Fri Feb 12 21:24:20 2021
From: Rainer Dorsch <ml () bokomoko ! de>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:24:20 +0000
To: debian-user
Subject: Re: chromium: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
Message-Id: <2025950.PGmmY2fZ7N () h370>
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Am Freitag, 12. Februar 2021, 21:39:10 CET schrieb Jeremy Ardley:
> On 13/2/21 4:15 am, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I suddenly cannot access my local managed switch anymore from chromium:
> > 
> > Chromium tries to swtich to the HTTPS protocol but the switch only
> > supports
> > HTTP protocol
> > 
> > The error message I get is
> > 
> > ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
> > 
> > Chromium 83 still worked.
> > 
> > Is there a way avoid this automatic switch for a site?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Rainer
> 
> Chrome behaviour has become more intolerant of https and http over the
> past year or so - to the point it is unusable of there is any
> certificate problems.
> Firefox is going the same way.

Firefox still lets to log into the switch (Netgear JGS524PE). But here it 
seems that since ESR78 there is a (probably a javascript) incompatibility with 
the switch and it does not change settings.

> For problematic sites I use GNU Web instead. It will be perfectly
> adequate to access your switch web page.

I found the konqueror works as well. Usually it is the other way round.

Thanks
Rainer
-- 
Rainer Dorsch
http://bokomoko.de/