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what do you do when "CSRF verification failed?"

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zgregw1217
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Forbidden (403)

CSRF verification failed. Request aborted.

You are seeing this message because this HTTPS site requires a 'Referer header' to be sent by your Web browser, but none was sent. This header is required for security reasons, to ensure that your browser is not being hijacked by third parties.

If you have configured your browser to disable 'Referer' headers, please re-enable them, at least for this site, or for HTTPS connections, or for 'same-origin' requests.

Forbidden (403) CSRF verification failed. Request aborted. You are seeing this message because this HTTPS site requires a 'Referer header' to be sent by your Web browser, but none was sent. This header is required for security reasons, to ensure that your browser is not being hijacked by third parties. If you have configured your browser to disable 'Referer' headers, please re-enable them, at least for this site, or for HTTPS connections, or for 'same-origin' requests.

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Hasan
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-> Tap ALT key or press F10 to show the Menu Bar

-> go Tools Menu -> Clear Recent History -> Time range to clear: select EVERYTHING -> click Details (small arrow) button -> place Checkmarks on Cookies, Cache -> click "Clear Now"

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Advanced -> Network -> Offline Storage (Cache) click Clear Now button

-> Click OK on Options window

Check and tell if its working.

zgregw1217
zgregw1217 Umnini wombuzo
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still not working. same problem.

Hasan
Hasan
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Errors loading secure sites

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Error%20loading%20web%20sites#w_errors-loading-secure-sites

Check and tell if its working.

Ilungisiwe ngu Hasan

zgregw1217
zgregw1217 Umnini wombuzo
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that didn't help either. Do you know how to make Firefox send a "Referer header" like the 403 message suggests?

Hasan
Hasan
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http://www.google.com/cse?cx=003258325049489668794%3Aru2dpahviq8&q=Referer+header&sa=Search&cof=FORID%3A0

zgregw1217
zgregw1217 Umnini wombuzo
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I don't know why Firefox won't load this type of page, but it works on Internet Explorer, so I guess I'll just use that. Thanks for trying to help though.

Hasan
Hasan
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Did you check these

Secure Connection Failed https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Secure%20Connection%20Failed

Error code 500 accessing secure sites https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Error%20code%20500%20accessing%20secure%20sites

Could not initialize the browser security component https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Could%20not%20initialize%20the%20browser%20security%20component

cor-el
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CSRF protection is done via cookies, so make sure that you do not block cookies from that website.

Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"