Shown not to be a firefox issue, but most likely a proxy server problem. Problem replicated under Windows version of Firefox by changing UA string to the Linux Firefox UA string.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Rejected -- firefox - the connection was reset - Fiesty https://launchpad.net/bugs/95241 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs