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So, sites like this are useful. (It's certainly better than memorizing the URL that various hotels use for their wifi portals, which I have done before, sadly.)
by cwyers 7y ago
So, sites like this are useful. (It's certainly better than memorizing the URL that various hotels use for their wifi portals, which I have done before, sadly.) But is there anybody working on solving this problem transparently to the end user? It seems user-hostile to require people to remember a non-HTTPS URL, especially as more and more sites move.
- JoshTriplett 7y ago> But is there anybody working on solving this problem transparently to the end user? Yes. RFC 7710 defines a DHCP option to supply a URI for a captive portal page. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7710 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7710
- tialaramex 7y agoAnd if you think there are things that need doing beyond RFC7710 (you would be correct) the place to go help/ bring your ideas is the IETF's capport (Captive Portal Interaction) Working Group: https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/capport/about/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/capport/about/