From: Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2007-03-02T23:52:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't login to Rubyforge, just says "cookies must be enabled"

On 3/2/07, Gustav Paul <gustav@rails.co.za> wrote:
> Farrel Lifson wrote:
> > On 02/03/07, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 08:58:24AM +0900, Samantha wrote:
> >> > I emailed with him a few times offlist... He's in Gentoo in the GNOME
> >> > Environment.  I thought of permission issues, so suggested that he run
> >> > firefox as root, but looks like he tried it and it didn't work.
> >> >
> >> > It definitely sounds like a system or network issue, though.
> >> >
> >> > Maybe something funky in the .mozilla folder underneath the
> >> > /home/username directory.
> >>
> >> He reported trying to connect via the links browser, which also did not
> >> work.  As such, it seems unlikely that it has anything to do with the
> >> operation of any of his browser applications.
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I'm not sure if all the Mozilla browsers like Seamonkey, Epiphany, and
> >> > Firefox use that directory or not.
> >>
> >> --
> >> CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
> >> "A script is what you give the actors.  A program
> >> is what you give the audience." - Larry Wall
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I posted a request on a local OSS mailing list (I'm in South Africa by
> > the way) asking if anyone is having the same issues and I got a reply
> > from a person having the same issue. I'm not sure if our beloved
> > Telkom (worst telco in the world) is doing something wonky with SSL
> > packets (they have a penchant for traffic shaping) but that doesn't
> > explain why other sites usin SSL works fine or why I am able to log in
> > at work (which is a large SA corporation).
> >
> > Farrel
> >
> >
> I'm in South Africa too (Stellenbosch) and have the same issue. I've
> tested it in Firefox 2.0 in both Windows XP and openSuSE 10.2 and both
> show this behaviour. I have found that after several attempts I usually
> get a page or so further (and the cookie gets set properly), but the
> problem resurfaces a click or two later (and the cookie is suddenly
> vanished).
>
> Cheers,
> Gustav Paul

Maybe some other proxy (tor?) or a ssh tunnel could solve this? Try
e.g. http://www.rootshell.be/