My problem with your "solution" is that it only works under very narrow assumptions. E.g. how does the Netflix client handle such a redirect? At best with "bad

My problem with your "solution" is that it only works under very narrow assumptions. E.g. how does the Netflix client handle such a redirect? At best with "bad connection", I'd presume. I'd hope they would at least forward a better message when using a proper standard to do the blocking, if they consider this worth the effort. (And yes, I set up a similar easy makeshift DNS solution to "authenticate" for the un-encrypted WLAN i had many years ago)