Recently, after upgrading to Firefox 3.6, I was unable to connect to my VMware server’s web-access page. Every time I attempted to connect to this page I got the following error message:
The connection was reset The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.
It turns out that this is due to the fact that VMware server uses SSL2 and Firefox disables SSL2 by default because it is not as secure as SSL3. Furthermore, there is no way to enable SSL2 via the standard preferences dialogs in Firefox. I found the answer here in a VMware forum. Here is the procedure to enable SSL2:
- Type “about:config” in the Firefox address bar.
- Press the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button on the next screen that warns you that modifying any advanced settings may void your warranty.
- On the next screen, enter the following in the “Filter” form: “security.enable_ssl2″
- In the bottom section of the window, double-click on the row corresponding to “security.enable_ssl2″ preference. The “Value” column on this row should now read “true”.
- You are done. Try accessing your VMware server’s login page again.
The connection was reset
The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.