[tor-bugs] #2428 [Torbutton]: nytimes.com login page loads after Torbutton toggled

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#2428: nytimes.com login page loads after Torbutton toggled
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 Reporter:  rransom    |       Owner:  mikeperry     
     Type:  defect     |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  blocker    |   Milestone:                
Component:  Torbutton  |     Version:  Torbutton: 1.3
 Keywords:             |      Points:  10            
   Parent:             |  
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Comment(by rransom):

 On IRC, Mike Perry suggested that I try to reproduce this bug using
 Firefox 3.6, since the only debugging tool available for Firefox 4.0b9
 (Firebug) didn't capture anything.  I was able to reproduce the bug using
 Firefox 3.6.13 in a newly unpacked TBB for Windows 1.3.17 using the
 following procedure:

 0. If possible, copy the cached-* files from a recently used Tor
 !DataDirectory into '`Tor Browser/Data/Tor`'.
 1. Run 'Start Tor Browser.exe'.
 2. When Firefox appears and has finished loading the 'Firefox Updated' and
 'Are you using Tor?' pages, press Ctrl-T to open a new tab.
 3. Click 'Tools', then 'Options...', then 'Privacy'; click 'Accept cookies
 from sites' to uncheck it. Click 'OK'.
 4. Right-click on 'Tor Enabled' in the status bar, then click
 'Preferences...'; click 'Disable Button and Hotkeys to prevent accidental
 toggle' to uncheck it. Click 'OK'.
 5. Click 'View the Network' in the 'Vidalia Control Panel'.
 6. Paste "`http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/world/africa/24tunis.html`"
 into the Firefox address bar. Click on the right arrow to start loading
 the page.
 7. After the progress bar in Firefox's status bar becomes about half-full,
 click 'Tor Enabled' to toggle Torbutton off. Firefox will continue to
 access subdomains of nytimes.com, but not through Tor. Eventually, a New
 York Times login page will appear.

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