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Firefox asks for proxy details, but only when accessing facebook

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Mar 15, 202621754 views
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Problem

At work, all requests are forwarded to a central load-balancing, caching Squid proxy server. If I try to access Facebook from within Firefox, I get the standard proxy authentication dialog: However, this dialog comes only for facebook & only when accessed from Firefox - any clues as to why this hap…

Error Output

The proxy moz-proxy://<IP addresss> is requesting a username and password. 
The site says: "moz-proxy://<IP Address>"

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Fix for: Firefox asks for proxy details, but only when accessing facebook

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Most probably, your proxy is blocking the WebSocket protocol. Chrome before version 14 and IE don't support it, so they are not affected. Go to the URL , search for the key and switch it to .

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