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by tkman28

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Hi all.
I am trying to access a university registration site and it keeps blocking me.
I can login from a computer outside my house but not from any of my three home systems.
I have a Dlink wired router.
One system runs winxp 2 run windows 2k.
I try with Internet Explorer and with Firefox and it still blocks me.
I can get to other secure sites (https) but not this one.
I tried for one week and could not get in. Was able to get in one evening but since then I have not been able to get in.
On each system I have zone alarm running.
I have tried running without zone alarm, and from an administration account. I have allowed cookies and pop ups from the site but still no go.
I can access other web sites and other secure web sites but not this one.

The error says:

The server at secure.gs.carleton.ca is taking too long to respond.

* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.
* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.
* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

When I go to the site I get the following error in my Firefox error console.

Error in parsing value for property 'display'. Declaration dropped. Error line 128.

Line 128 I believe is the following:
a:hover.selected { display: subSideMenuOn; }

Below is the actual web page source.

body {
margin-left: 5px;
margin-top: 5px;
margin-right: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
padding: 0;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

form { margin: 0; padding: 0; }

h4.copy { margin: 0; }

#skipNav {
position: absolute;
left: -9999px;
text-decoration: none;
}

/* Search textfield*/
.searchText {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000000;
padding: 0px 0px;
margin: 0px 0px;
width: 104px;

}

/* Main eight CU Nav items in grey area*/
#Nav{padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #666666;
text-align: center;}

#Nav a{text-decoration: none;
position: relative;
cursor: pointer;
color: #FFF;
display: block;
padding: 2px 4px 4px 8px;
margin: 0px 0px;}

#Nav a:visited{
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #666;}

#Nav a:hover{border: 0px solid #ccc;
margin: 0px;
background-color: #F2F2F2;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;}

/* CSS for left side menu */
.sideMenu {
line-height: 1;
width: 177px;
margin: 0 0 8px;
padding: 0;
font-size: 12px;
}

.sideMenu a:link{
display: block;
padding: 4px 2px 4px 9px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000;
font-size: 12px;

}
.sideMenu a:visited {
background: #ccc;
display: block;
padding: 4px 2px 4px 9px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000;
font-size: 12px;
}

.sideMenu a:hover { background: #f2f2f2; color: #000; }

.heading {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
background: #ccc;
display: block;
}
.heading a:visited {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
background: #ccc;
display: block;
}
.heading a:link {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
background: #ccc;
display: block;
}
.heading a:hover {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
background: #000;
display: block;
}
.heading a:active
{
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
background: #ccc;
display: block;
}

.sideMenu a.selected, .sideMenu a:hover.selected, .sideMenu a:visited.selected { background: #fff; }

a:hover.selected { display: subSideMenuOn; }

.sideMenu .subSideMenuOff { display: none; }
.sideMenu .subSideMenuOn a { padding: 4px 4px 4px 25px ! important; }
/* end side menu links */

/* Department title in red bar*/

.Title { margin: 0; }

.Title a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
color: #ffffff;
margin: 0px 0px;
font-family: TrebuchetMs, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: normal;
}
.Title a:link {
text-decoration: none;
color: #ffffff;
margin: 0px 0px;
font-family: TrebuchetMs, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: normal;
}
.Title a:hover {
color: #FFFFFF;
margin: 0px 0px;
font-family: TrebuchetMs, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: normal;
}
/* End of Department title*/

/* Breadcrumb trail */

.BC {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
}

.BC a:visited {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
}
.BC a:link {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
}
.BC a:hover {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #CC0033;
}
.BC a:active {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #CC0033;
}
/* End breadcrumb trail links*/

/* Breadcrumb trail bolded text*/
.BCsel {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 9px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #000000;
}
/* End breadcrumb trail bold*/

/* Footer date address and links*/
.year {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #FFFFFF;
padding-left: 9px;
background-color: #666666;
}

.address {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #FFFFFF;
padding-left: 9px;
text-align: left;
background-color: #666666;
}

.footerlinks {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #FFFFFF;
background-color: #666666;
}

.footerlinks a:link {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
}

.footerlinks a:visited {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
}

.footerlinks a:hover {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #ffffff;
}

.footerlinks a:active {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
color: #ffffff;
text-decoration: none;
}

.footerBG{ background-color: #B20000;
background-image: url('../_images/templates/foot_back.gif');
background-repeat: repeat-x}
/* End Footer CSS*/

/* Hidden menu rows*/
tr.off { display: none; }

.spacer {
height: 20px
}

.logo {
text-align:center
}

/* Background colours*/

.bgndBlack { background-color: #000000 }
.bgndWhite { background-color: #FFFFFF }
.bgndLtGrey { background-color: #CCCCCC }
.bgndMedGrey { background-color: #999999 }
.bgndDarkGrey { background-color: #666666 }
.bgndRed{ background-color: #CC0033 }
.bgndLtGreyB { background-color: #F2F2F2 }

Any thoughts or suggestions?

2 replies

by kpak44wh

This is a secure site, and that's pain already. Did you
configure the router with the ip, and set the security settings
in it? Do you have a network setup with the other computers
at home? When you connect outside the house, is it a
wireless connection? Try Explore, Firefox opens mutliple
links on a https, and cause a loop or freeze. Try connecting
one computer thru your cable modem instead of your router,
if that works you have to reconfigure your router, or firewall.

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