new firefox runs fine but won't open most web sites please advise

Space Cadet tootall79 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 9 01:32:32 UTC 2017


I just pkg installed the latest firefox for freebsd11 and suddenly all the
most usefule websites are unavailable:  google mail, you tube, schwab to
name a few.

I live on freebsd and I live on firefox.  this version 54 of firefox works
fine on a different machine.  the new one 56.2_11 see below refuses to load
most websites.  here is the message i get when trying to load gmail.  i
think it is identical to all the others.

*****
Your connection is not secure

The website tried to negotiate an inadequate level of security.

www.google.com uses security technology that is outdated and vulnerable to
attack. An attacker could easily reveal information which you thought to be
safe. The website administrator will need to fix the server first before
you can visit the site.

Error code: NS_ERROR_NET_INADEQUATE_SECURITY
*****
Other info:

$ uname -a
FreeBSD fbsd11w701 11.0-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p9 #0: Tue Apr 11
08:48:40 UTC 2017
root at amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
amd64

$ cat firefoxinstall.txt
Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
[1/1] Fetching firefox-56.0.2_11,1.txz: 100%   38 MiB   1.2MB/s    00:33
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/1] Installing firefox-56.0.2_11,1...
Extracting firefox-56.0.2_11,1: 100%
Message from firefox-56.0.2_11,1:
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Some features available on other platforms are not implemented:
- Native audio (OSS backend is incomplete, doesn't support WebRTC)
- Encrypted Media Extensions (requires Widevine CDM binary)
- Process sandboxing (requires Capsicum backend)
- Reduced memory usage (requires mozjemalloc)
- Performance profiling (requires GeckoProfiler)
- Gamepad API (requires libusbhid backend)
- WebVR (requires open source runtime)
- U2F Security Keys (requires libusbhid backend)

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To select non-default audio backend open about:config page and create
media.cubeb.backend preference. Supported values are: alsa, jack,
pulse, pulse-rust, oss, sndio. Currently used backend can be inspected
on about:support page.

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smb:// issues (Gvfs/GIO option):
Network group, machine, and share browsing does not work correctly.

sftp:// (Gvfs/GIO option):
Only sftp access using public key authentication works.  To easily
setup public key authentication to "remote_host":

ssh-keygen
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh remote_host "cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys"

The SSH server on remote_host must allow pub key authentication.

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Any bug reports should be addressed to the maintainers at:
    gecko at FreeBSD.org
You may also Cc: freebsd-ports at FreeBSD.org. Please do not send
bug reports to any other addresses.

Please include the following information with any bug report:
* Output from 'uname -a'.
* Output from 'ident /usr/ports/www/firefox/Makefile'
* Where/when did the problem occur: configuring, building, or
    running firefox
* How can you reproduce the problem?

Thank you for your help in testing and reporting bugs, and we hope you
enjoy using Firefox.
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