[tor-bugs] #11871 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: HTTPS-Everywhere redirection loop errors for www.buzzfeed.com

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#11871: HTTPS-Everywhere redirection loop errors for www.buzzfeed.com
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 Reporter:  richw@…               |          Owner:  zyan
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |        Version:  HTTPS-E 4.0dev14
 Keywords:                        |  Actual Points:
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 HTTPS-Everywhere 4.0development.16; Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS (64-bit); Firefox
 30.0 beta.  The computer has 16 GB of RAM and 32 GB of swap space.

 I'm redirecting stderr from Firefox to a file.  I noticed numerous
 warnings mentioning www.buzzfeed.com -- for example:

 ''`HTTPS Everywhere: Redirection loop trying to set HTTPS on:
 http://www.buzzfeed.com/static/images/public/backgrounds/trans.gif
 (falling back to HTTP)`''

 I also noted that Firefox's virtual memory usage ballooned to over 14 GB
 very soon after I went to a BuzzFeed web page.

 I have disabled the BuzzFeed rule, but someone should probably look into
 the issue and fix it.

 I've been experiencing several mysterious crash / reboot events on this
 computer lately, and although I was concerned that it might be due to a
 hardware problem, now I'm wondering if it might instead be because this
 broken HTTPS-Everywhere rule has been causing Firefox to use up all
 available RAM and swap.

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