Bug#675122: iceweasel: Mibbit.com is being used as a "handler service" for IRC links.
Package: iceweasel Version: 10.0.4esr-3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? I clicked on an "IRC link". ie. a irc:// style link. * What was the outcome of this action? I was offered use of a proprietary, secret code, "software as a service" service for IRC called Mibbit ar Mibbit.com. It is also a service permanently banned at Freenode. See: http://blog.freenode.net/2009/06/new-freenode-webchat-and-why-to-use-it/ * What outcome did you expect instead? I did not expect to be offered a closed SaaS like Mibbit by software on Debian. -- Package-specific info: -- Extensions information Name: Adblock Plus Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}.xpi Status: user-disabled Name: Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/adblockpop...@jessehakanen.net.xpi Status: user-disabled Name: Default theme Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd} Package: iceweasel Status: enabled Name: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/elemhidehel...@adblockplus.org.xpi Status: user-disabled Name: Fangs Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{21D01944-2878-4eb3-A72A-83E8D1E6D4A6} Status: user-disabled Name: Firebug Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/fire...@software.joehewitt.com.xpi Status: user-disabled Name: Firemacs Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{e98b7313-167d-48c6-89be-bc514d6de8d9}.xpi Status: user-disabled Name: Flashblock Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}.xpi Status: user-disabled Name: IE NetRenderer Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/ienetrenderer-n...@nc.xpi Status: user-disabled Name: It's All Text! Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/itsallt...@docwhat.gerf.org.xpi Status: user-disabled Name: NoScript Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}.xpi Status: user-disabled Name: TinEye Reverse Image Search Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/tin...@ideeinc.com.xpi Status: user-disabled Name: Web Developer Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{c45c406e-ab73-11d8-be73-000a95be3b12} Package: xul-ext-webdeveloper Status: user-disabled Name: Zen Broadband Usage Viewer Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{b4e481a8-9ef7-47ff-8512-dc865ba752bd}.xpi Status: user-disabled -- Plugins information Name: DivX Browser Plug-In Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so Package: gecko-mediaplayer Status: enabled Name: mplayerplug-in is now gecko-mediaplayer 1.0.6 Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer.so Package: gecko-mediaplayer Status: enabled Name: QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.9 Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-qt.so Package: gecko-mediaplayer Status: enabled Name: RealPlayer 9 Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so Package: gecko-mediaplayer Status: enabled Name: Shockwave Flash Location: /usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so Package: browser-plugin-gnash Status: enabled Name: Windows Media Player Plug-in Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so Package: gecko-mediaplayer Status: enabled -- Addons package information ii browser-plugin 0.8.10-6+b1GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Plugin fo ii gecko-mediapla 1.0.6-1Multimedia plug-in for Gecko browsers ii iceweasel 10.0.4esr-3Web browser based on Firefox ii xul-ext-webdev 1.1.9-5web developer extension for the Iceweasel/Fi -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages iceweasel depends on: ii debianutils 4.3 ii fontconfig 2.9.0-5 ii libc6 2.13-32 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.26.1-1 ii libglib2.0-02.32.3-1 ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.10-1 ii libnspr42:4.9-3 ii libnspr4-0d 2:4.9-3 ii libsqlite3-03.7.12.1-1 ii libstdc++6 4.7.0-9 ii procps 1:3.3.3-1 ii xulrunner-10.0 10.0.4esr-3 iceweasel recommends no packages. Versions of packages iceweasel suggests: pn fonts-lyx 2.0.3-2 pn libgssapi-krb5-21.10.1+dfsg-1 pn mozplugger pn ttf-lyx 2.0.3-2 pn ttf-mathematica4.1 pn xfonts-mathml Versions of packages xulrunner-10.0 depends on: ii libasound21.0.25-3 ii libatk1.0-0 2.4.0-2 ii libbz2-1.01.0.6-1 ii libc6 2.13-32 ii libcairo2 1.12.2-2 ii libdbus-1-3 1.5.12-1 ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.98-1 ii libevent-2.0-52.0.19-stable-2 ii libfontconfig12.9.0-5 ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1 ii libgcc1 1:4.7.
Bug#675122: iceweasel: Mibbit.com is being used as a "handler service" for IRC links.
Control: reassign -1 firefox Control: found -1 72.0.1-1 On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:45:15PM +0100, Andrew Wigglesworth wrote: >* What led up to the situation? > > I clicked on an "IRC link". ie. a irc:// style link. > >* What was the outcome of this action? > > I was offered use of a proprietary, secret code, "software as a > service" service for IRC called Mibbit ar Mibbit.com. This is still the case in the current firefox package. > It is also a service permanently banned at Freenode. See: > http://blog.freenode.net/2009/06/new-freenode-webchat-and-why-to-use-it/ This ban is still in place - if you click to use mibbit for a freenode channel via an irc: links it fails with: syn Connections via mibbit are no longer supported on freenode. You may wish to consider using http://webchat.freenode.net instead. Further information over at http://bit.ly/19JILF syn KILL: syn. syn| [0] mmm, [1] (Facility Blocked) Even ignoring concerns about promoting non-free network services, this makes mibbit a poor default for handling irc: links. Cheers, Olly