firefox redirecting trailing slash - firefox

When I go to the url: http://localhost/checkout/pay/393032-bb9320fc213459a-6c653c8bd1
I get a 404 error, which is correct, because this page does not exist.
However, when I go to http://localhost/checkout/pay/393032-bb9320fc213459a-6c653c8bd1/ (note the addition of a trailing slash) it redirects me to http://localhost/pay/393032-bb9320fc213459a-6c653c8bd1 (without the /checkout), which also does not exist.
Why is the addition of a trailing slash causing it to redirect me? I don't have a .htaccess file, so it can't be that, and since the pages do not exist it can't be a script doing a redirect. When I look at the page in firebug, I don't see a redirect either, it seems to be changing the url invisibly, and I can't figure out why. Where should I look?
Edit: turns out it is only this one specific url that is being redirected, and it only happens in firefox, so I don't think it's an apache problem. I'm using Firefox 26.0, on ubuntu. what would make firefox pick one url and redirect it like this?

See if you have Apache Module mod_dir activated
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_dir.html
It will automatically add a / if needed and serve the default page.

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I have moved my CodeIgniter application from my first server provider where everything works great to another one ( because of better speed etc.) and I have now two strange problems with WSOD.
When I go to my homepage I get a WSOD.
Well, I tried to remve the index.html file in the root and it magically works.
My question is why I need to remove the index.html file if it is there as a default file in CI package?
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EDIT 2: Could this be an issue of disabled FastCGI PHP5?
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I'm experimenting (and having problems!) with codeigniter.
In particular, links do not work.
even if they are correct (eg. http://localhost/ci-book/welcome/cat/3, where welcome is controller, cat the method), they can't be open and chrome says "Oops! This link appears to be broken...."
Someone suggested to check that mod_rewrite is working. How can I do that?
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thanks,
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I also tried to enable the "Use Apache mod_rewrite". I installed "Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0" and added the web.config as per http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/527/joomla-on-iis . When clicking on menu links, this seems to work in that I no longer see index.php in the URL. The address bar updates to what appears like the right URL, but the content shown is always that of the home page. I tried both in IE and Google Chrome with the same result. Refreshing the page after loaded made no difference.
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Edit 2: Oho! I found someone with the same issue posted on Joomla forums: http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=543&t=364706&p=1598137#p1598137 . No answer there either, though.
Any idea on how to diagnose (or even better, fix :) ) this?
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I got this to work now. The key was to make sure FastCGI is used to run php (as per http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/246/using-fastcgi-to-host-php-applications-on-iis-70 ), and making sure that the "Use Apache mod_rewrite" is enabled. If "Use Apache mod_rewrite" is turned off but the rewrite rules are present in IIS7, then the HTML shows up but none of the styling or images.
The requirement for using FastCGI is weird (and contradicts what is suggested in http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/how-to-create-a-windows-vista-iis7-mysql-php-web-server , which is what I used to setup php in the first place). Everything seems to work when not using FastCGI, except for the URL rewriting.
It seems that either importing the rules (as suggested in http://www.mydotnetworld.com/post/2008/10/24/URL-Rewriting-In-Joomla-15-on-IIS-7.aspx) or manually adding them to a web.config file (as suggested in http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/527/joomla-on-iis ) will work.
It looks like there is something wrong with the rules in the web.config. Just going from a comment on the article you linked you are not the only one having this issue. I would remove the web.config and then follow the steps outlined here.

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