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Plugin Finding Service Error with https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

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If I go to Tools, Add-Ons, and Check to see if your plugins are up to date, Firefox uses https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/ to check, and fails every time with the error Plugin Finding Service Error.

If I manually go to the non SSL site http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/ to check it works.

I noticed that the site to check is in plugins.update.url in about:config, so I can change it there.

This all worked before updating Firefox 9 to 10.

Any idea why the https: site doesn't work every, but the http: site does?

If I go to Tools, Add-Ons, and Check to see if your plugins are up to date, Firefox uses https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/ to check, and fails every time with the error Plugin Finding Service Error. If I manually go to the non SSL site http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/ to check it works. I noticed that the site to check is in plugins.update.url in about:config, so I can change it there. This all worked before updating Firefox 9 to 10. Any idea why the https: site doesn't work every, but the http: site does?

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Was not working this morning, but is working now


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Was not working this morning, but is working now


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Hasan
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Are you using both SSL and TLS protocols in -> Options window - Advanced panel - Encryption tab

I am using both of them and when i go to the PluginsCheck link using either http or https they both work.