[Clug-tech] Firefox performance issues when a firewall is enabled

[Mark Carlson]

I second this.  Also, disable any toolbars, especially the Google
toolbar if it is installed.

-Mark C.

On 12/3/08, Martin Glazer <linux at glazer.ca> wrote:
> How about running tcpdump/wireshark to see what network traffic occurs when
> you click on anything?
>
>  Anything to do with localhost resolution and is this being hindered by the
> firewall (just a wild guess)?
>
>  Martin
>
>
>  Gustin Johnson wrote:
>
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Here is a weird one.  When I have a firewall enabled on my laptop,
> > firefox becomes painfully slow (this is when I set the default INPUT
> > policy to DROP).  When I create a default rule to REJECT all traffic,
> > performance picks up but is noticeably laggy (eg. there is a few seconds
> > of delay after I right click a link).  When I completely disable the
> > firewall Firefox is very fast and responsive.
> >
> > The hardware is pretty beefy and should not be a problem as it is a 2.5
> > Ghz dual core Intel Core2, 3 Gigs of RAM, speedy (for a laptop) 7200 RPM
> > hard drive.
> >
> > I have disabled every single extension with *no* effect.
> >
> > Memory and CPU utilization appear normal during these periods of
> > unresponsiveness as well.
> >
> > Other web browsers are not effected (konqueror and midori are two I use
> > regularly as firefox alternatives).
> >
> > I have also duplicated the problem on two different laptops.
> >
> > But wait, theres more.  I installed Firefox for Windows, running it in
> > Wine, and there are no perceptible problems.
> >
> > Also, this is the 32 bit version of Firefox (downloaded from
> > mozilla.com) running on a 32 bit install of K/Ubuntu 8.04.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
> > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
> >
> >
> iD8DBQFJNcLWwRXgH3rKGfMRAlfIAKCoy3qQLUInx+k7t3qKFVblZDHwQgCfaPML
> > zPSJ6LAvhkPOtpRq3NEhQbk=
> > =vEsZ
> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > clug-tech mailing list
> > clug-tech at clug.ca
> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-tech_clug.ca
> >
> >
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  clug-tech mailing list
>  clug-tech at clug.ca
>  http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-tech_clug.ca
>