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Captive portals? Browsers and some mobile devices have a workaround where on new wifi connections they try to connect to a particular url and if that gives unex

Captive portals? Browsers and some mobile devices have a workaround where on new wifi connections they try to connect to a particular url and if that gives unexpected content they know it's a captive portal and prompt you to log in. But ideally this would be in the network descriptor somehow.

dawnerd 9y ago
I wish gogo worked with this. I've ended up bookmarking http://captive.apple.com http://captive.apple.com just to trigger their login page.
- teekert 9y ago
  I have had this problem as well, and it became increasingly difficult to find non-https domains so I started using one of my own sub-domain for it (I needed it on the dutch railway system). But recently, Ubuntu added a captive portals catcher and gives a small browser window to login (I think it tries to contact an Ubuntu sub-domain first to test the connection, you can turn it off if you want). This is very handy!
  - zootboy 9y ago
    Why is this a problem? Just mash some keys and add a .com to the end. The portal doesn't check if the domain is real or not, it just intercepts all DNS requests until you've logged in.
    - Kliment 9y ago
      and for the rare cases of those that don't, you can tunnel data over dns
  - Freak_NL 9y ago
    Heh, I've been doing the same thing for wifi in Arriva and NS trains. I haven't gotten around to making my own website HTTPS yet, so I just use that.
- majewsky 9y ago
  You can use http://neverssl.com http://neverssl.com for that purpose
- khc 9y ago
  I just use http://example.com http://example.com
  - jraph 9y ago
    I use perdu.com to test my connection and for captive portals. The website is fast, light (to say the least), always up, the URL is short and there is no valid HTTPS version so no need to type http:// http://. It also makes people around smile (and ask what this website is while I'm testing stuff and not thinking about it). English translation: Lost on the Internet? Don't panic, we are going to help you * <----- you are here It is amazing how this joke has been there since 1998, without a change. In 2016, perdu.com was displayed 1-2 million times per day and his author was spending €65 per year for this (source: https://www.nouvelobs.com/rue89/rue89-internet/20160603.RUE3064/perdu-com-on-a-retrouve-le-plaisantin.html https://www.nouvelobs.com/rue89/rue89-internet/20160603.RUE3...).
    - dmix 9y ago
      That's a cute page, I personally use cbc.ca here in Canada because it's only 5 letters and always HTTP only.

dawnerd 9y ago

I wish gogo worked with this. I've ended up bookmarking http://captive.apple.com http://captive.apple.com just to trigger their login page.

teekert 9y ago
I have had this problem as well, and it became increasingly difficult to find non-https domains so I started using one of my own sub-domain for it (I needed it on the dutch railway system). But recently, Ubuntu added a captive portals catcher and gives a small browser window to login (I think it tries to contact an Ubuntu sub-domain first to test the connection, you can turn it off if you want). This is very handy!
- zootboy 9y ago
  Why is this a problem? Just mash some keys and add a .com to the end. The portal doesn't check if the domain is real or not, it just intercepts all DNS requests until you've logged in.
  - Kliment 9y ago
    and for the rare cases of those that don't, you can tunnel data over dns
- Freak_NL 9y ago
  Heh, I've been doing the same thing for wifi in Arriva and NS trains. I haven't gotten around to making my own website HTTPS yet, so I just use that.
majewsky 9y ago
You can use http://neverssl.com http://neverssl.com for that purpose
khc 9y ago
I just use http://example.com http://example.com
- jraph 9y ago
  I use perdu.com to test my connection and for captive portals. The website is fast, light (to say the least), always up, the URL is short and there is no valid HTTPS version so no need to type http:// http://. It also makes people around smile (and ask what this website is while I'm testing stuff and not thinking about it). English translation: Lost on the Internet? Don't panic, we are going to help you * <----- you are here It is amazing how this joke has been there since 1998, without a change. In 2016, perdu.com was displayed 1-2 million times per day and his author was spending €65 per year for this (source: https://www.nouvelobs.com/rue89/rue89-internet/20160603.RUE3064/perdu-com-on-a-retrouve-le-plaisantin.html https://www.nouvelobs.com/rue89/rue89-internet/20160603.RUE3...).
  - dmix 9y ago
    That's a cute page, I personally use cbc.ca here in Canada because it's only 5 letters and always HTTP only.