lost network connection (NSURLErrorDomain:-1005)

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lost network connection (NSURLErrorDomain:-1005)

I have been getting this error for MONTHS! I see some others have also, but no answers yet.
I am trying to access pages from a particular website, which I've accessed hundreds of times before this problem, and my webhost says that the particular pages are being called up and served successfully everytime I try. Not only that, but my son's pc can access the pages without any problems.
It is looking like it's just my computer.
Any ideas?
Pete Bell, UK

TiBook, Mac OS X (10.4.10), Safary 3.03

Posted on Oct 22, 2007 7:46 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 22, 2007 11:49 AM in response to PeteBell

Hi Pete

What's the URL? I'll try it from here.

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Answer 2

Oct 23, 2007 12:35 PM in response to PeteBell

I'm seeing the same issue from my Mac Mini running 10.4.10. Intermittently, I'll get the error “lost network connection (NSURLErrorDomain:-1005)" from Safari for a particular URL.

It seems to me that it only happens when posting (submitting a form to that URL). If I simply refresh the URL, everything always works. Its entirely reproducible currently at a URL I use which requires authentication and contains confidential data, so it wouldn't help for someone else to try this particular page.

Its not an issue posting to this same URL all the time, just sometimes, and its not always this URL when it happens. Perhaps it has something to do also with the use of SSL on the page being posted.

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PeteBell Author

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Oct 23, 2007 3:13 PM in response to mshambaugh

Well, it may be bad form to answer my own problem but it seems some friends of mine at YMUG have found the answer!
The website I am trying to access uses PHP to check for a session and if none exists it makes the user login (starting a session, and allowing the user to progress from there, being logged in).
BUT! Apple's "Stealth Mode" feature (an extra security feature found under the 'Advanced' tab of your Firewall prefPane), will not allow this. It holds everything up and eventually the network connection is dropped.
Turn the feature off, and empty the Safari cache for good measure and it works!
Yippee! However, the functions that stealth mode control do make you feel more secure whilst browsing, and it's a pity you can't have one without the other - it's a tradeoff!

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PeteBell Author

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Oct 23, 2007 3:24 PM in response to PeteBell

Well, it does work and it looks like it's problem solved. Except that Stealth Mode adds greater security, so Apple, why can't it be made to work without messing up some webpages that ask for login by way of PHP sessions?

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Answer 5

Oct 28, 2007 9:30 PM in response to PeteBell

I am getting this error a bunch in the last four days at my personal website served on a $7/month service provider. The error does not appear at other sites, and I don't have, apparently never had, the "stealthmode" engaged.

We have the same problem using Safari on various Macs, using Firefox on Macs, and on the MSIE with Wundoze XP at the workplace.

I am pretty sure the problem is a server side issue in my case, but browsing for possible work arounds I found this thread, thought I would comment that it may not always be the "stealthmode"

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