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Everyone seems to understand this but me... how does connecting to a non-ssl website disable ssl on other sites?
by rjeli 7y ago
Everyone seems to understand this but me... how does connecting to a non-ssl website disable ssl on other sites?
- ajb 7y agoIt doesn't, it gets you into the wifi network's login portal, from which you can log in and then ssl will start working. [Edited to add] The problem is that websites that require ssl prevent you from getting into the login portals. I have http://detectportal.firefox.com http://detectportal.firefox.com bookmarked on my phone for this exact reason.
- biggestdecision 7y agoSome wifi networks will display a login/payment page to you by mitm'ing your connection & replacing the page you tried to load. But of course this only works for HTTP pages.
- FR10 7y agoSome WIFI networks require a login like airports or hotels. When you use https sites it wont redirect to the proper “wifi login” page as it should. This site being http should redirect you to that “wifi login” page