Download errors on NS 2.6.1rc1

[Tom T.]

I was notified that NS 2.6.1rc1 was available. "Find Updates" failed on both Fx 3.6.28 and Fx 16.0.2

The error message on F3 was:

Firefox could not install the file at

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla ... +fn+fx.xpi

because: Download error
-228

The error message on F16 was:

There was an error downloading NoScript.

On both browsers, going directly to latest development build,
https://secure.informaction.com/downloa ... 6.1rc1.xpi
the update downloads and installs flawlessly.

Incidentally, shouldn't the build from AMO have come from an HTTPS site vs. the HTTP address quoted above?

[Giorgio Maone]

This usually means that not all the Mozilla mirrors around the world aliased behind "releases.mozilla.org" are in sync yet.
For me the download is working OK ATM.

HTTP vs HTTPS: the actual files are served by mozilla through HTTP rather than HTTPS for performance reasons, but in this case it's safe because they serve a hash of the file securely (over HTTPS) to be compared with the actually downloaded file, and if the comparison fails so does the installation.