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>they were starting to be outdated (technologically) even before this So what is the proper technology today for limited guest Wi-Fi access?
by ComodoHacker 9y ago
>they were starting to be outdated (technologically) even before this
So what is the proper technology today for limited guest Wi-Fi access?
- icebraining 9y agoIf it's unauthenticated, the portal doesn't give you any advantage beyond showing a message. If it's authenticated, you should be using WPA-Enterprise anyway, which supports different logins, and actually isolates the traffic between clients, whereas those "portals" don't, allowing any other user to sniff your traffic.
- ComodoHacker 9y agoIt's surely authenticated, but I don't want guests to use WPA-Enterprise. I just need a way to communicate temporary passwords to them.
- icebraining 9y agoRight, and WPA-Enterprise (which even many cheap home routers support nowadays) is that way - you can just generate temporary logins.
- ComodoHacker 9y agoWPA-Enterprise is a way to authenticate users, not a way to distribute logins/passwords. Am I missing something about it?
- icebraining 9y agoI guess I misunderstood you before. You're using the portal to provide passwords to the users? How does that work?
- ComodoHacker 9y agoPortal shows a message like "here's your temporary login/password for 4 hours". Then a user enters them to the login form. When using WPA-Enterprise, a user can also set up WPA on their device with these credentials.
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- q3k 9y agoIf the portal provides you with the credentials and also asks for them, what's the point of that portal in the first place?
- ComodoHacker 9y agoYou can use them across multiple sessions and devices.