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How will this work with hotspot capture portals? I have a dwindling list of sites I can use to check and see if my internet connection is down or just interrupt
by yardie 10y ago
How will this work with hotspot capture portals? I have a dwindling list of sites I can use to check and see if my internet connection is down or just interrupted. And Apple/Microsoft don't always register the wifi is in captured so either I wait or I can open a browser to an unencrypted site and renew the session.
- irishsultan 10y agoThat's what http://neverssl.com/ http://neverssl.com/ is for.
- yardie 10y agoNow that is a handy link to have! Wish I knew of it sooner.
- diafygi 10y agoI use example.com, which has all the scenarios without redirects. http://example.com http://example.com https://example.com https://example.com http://www.example.com http://www.example.com https://www.example.com https://www.example.com
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- lol768 10y agoThe only reason those captive portals don't work is because the operators decided to use the huge hack of a solution that is MitM'ing unencrypted HTTP traffic and/or messing with DNS instead of working to ensure a standardised solution (such as RFC 7710) was available before rolling out this sort of technology. The current approach really is a joke. To be honest, I'm glad it's now back-firing with more sites using HTTPS (that they can't hijack connections to), maybe this will nudge the operators into doing things properly - whether that's using WPA Enterprise for username/password auth or using the DHCP option to tell new clients they need to visit an internal URL first to use the internet (no connection hijacking required).
- dewey 10y agohttp://captive.apple.com http://captive.apple.com