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My go-to HTTP-only endpoint is http://example.com http://example.com. It should be usable for as long as IANA and the Internet as we know it exists.

ThrowawayTestr 3y ago
Weird, I can only access it on mobile data but not on my wifi.
judge2020 3y ago
http://captive.apple.com http://captive.apple.com
- Klonoar 3y ago
  Interestingly enough this doesn't work for me on certain public wifi networks. I often have to go to a different HTTP-only URL, it's weird.
  - rjh29 3y ago
    I've also had situations where _only_ neverssl.com wouldn't load but other http sites would switch to https with an invalid cert error. It's really weird.
- guidoism 3y ago
  Oh cool. I worked on the networking layer of the first Kindle iOS (née iPhoneOS) app and that captive portal stuff was a pain in the ass. I would just walk across the street to Tully’s and use their wifi to get that pop up.
smsm42 3y ago
I use neverssl.com
pabs3 3y ago
That supports https too, so current/future browsers will auto-upgrade to https.
totetsu 3y ago
this is my go to site for triggering wifi captive portals
melvinmelih 3y ago
I use http://paulgraham.com http://paulgraham.com
coolandsmartrr 3y ago
My go-to used to be http://ihave50dollars.com http://ihave50dollars.com. After it closed down, http://captive.apple.com http://captive.apple.com became my new go-to.
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greyface- 3y ago
This was mine, too, until I started regularly using a (university) network where the local resolver resolved example.com to 127.0.0.1. I complained, and was told that RFC2606 gave them license to override it to anything they wanted, and that this behavior would not be changed. Doesn't square with my reading of the RFC, but complaining further wasn't going to achieve anything. Now I use neverssl.com.
- beej71 3y ago
  Yikes. We use example.com all the time in my intro to network programming class. HTTPS would get in the way of learning the basics, so I'm glad there are some HTTP options out there still. (Yeah, they could just run a local one-liner web server, but that's not as fun.)
- beej71 3y ago
  RFC 2606 is a "best current practices" document, which is less stringent than a standard. I'd say it gives them flexibility. Even updated by RFC 6761, the practices surrounding example.com only go so far as SHOULD and SHOULD NOT. That said, I think it's a horrible idea to treat example.com differently, but that's just because I can't think of a single reason why you would want to do so. :)
- prepend 3y ago
  I don’t miss the seemingly arbitrary restrictions from university IT admins. A university I attended blocked all BitTorrent traffic at the protocol level. They theoretically allowed exceptions per their policy but when I applied for some bioinformatics images to be allowed they said they would only allow specific files for a 24 hour window. I applied for a file and got no response. I applied for 1000 files and got no response. Then I gave up.
  - brokenmachine 3y ago
    >Then I gave up. I'm surprised you didn't set up your own system to work around the stupid restrictions.
jimbosis 3y ago
Another one is http://httpforever.com/ http://httpforever.com/.
nurettin 3y ago
Wonderful site http://n-gate.com http://n-gate.com
- nvy 3y ago
  That one's my go-to as well. Hope the author's all right.
  - nurettin 3y ago
    Glad to see another fan. For others, here's the relevant discussion http://n-gate.com/software/2017/07/12/0/ http://n-gate.com/software/2017/07/12/0/ (needs some refreshes, I think the author made the website somewhat inaccessible on purpose)
omoikane 3y ago
Another plug for http://gfblip.appspot.com/ http://gfblip.appspot.com/ I guess any site that doesn't auto-upgrade would work, but I have a habit of typing out http:// http:// for this site in particular because it doesn't work over https.
chrismorgan 3y ago
example.com hasn’t been HTTP-only for quite some years now. It may still serve the page over HTTP rather than issuing a redirect to HTTPS, but that ain’t HTTP-only. Nor is there any guarantee of them retaining this deviation from accepted best practice.
daveoc64 3y ago
That loads over HTTPS for me, due to Firefox redirecting automatically.

ThrowawayTestr 3y ago

Weird, I can only access it on mobile data but not on my wifi.

judge2020 3y ago

http://captive.apple.com http://captive.apple.com

Klonoar 3y ago
Interestingly enough this doesn't work for me on certain public wifi networks. I often have to go to a different HTTP-only URL, it's weird.
- rjh29 3y ago
  I've also had situations where _only_ neverssl.com wouldn't load but other http sites would switch to https with an invalid cert error. It's really weird.
guidoism 3y ago
Oh cool. I worked on the networking layer of the first Kindle iOS (née iPhoneOS) app and that captive portal stuff was a pain in the ass. I would just walk across the street to Tully’s and use their wifi to get that pop up.

smsm42 3y ago

I use neverssl.com

pabs3 3y ago

That supports https too, so current/future browsers will auto-upgrade to https.

totetsu 3y ago

this is my go to site for triggering wifi captive portals

melvinmelih 3y ago

I use http://paulgraham.com http://paulgraham.com

coolandsmartrr 3y ago

My go-to used to be http://ihave50dollars.com http://ihave50dollars.com. After it closed down, http://captive.apple.com http://captive.apple.com became my new go-to.

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greyface- 3y ago

This was mine, too, until I started regularly using a (university) network where the local resolver resolved example.com to 127.0.0.1. I complained, and was told that RFC2606 gave them license to override it to anything they wanted, and that this behavior would not be changed. Doesn't square with my reading of the RFC, but complaining further wasn't going to achieve anything. Now I use neverssl.com.

beej71 3y ago
Yikes. We use example.com all the time in my intro to network programming class. HTTPS would get in the way of learning the basics, so I'm glad there are some HTTP options out there still. (Yeah, they could just run a local one-liner web server, but that's not as fun.)
beej71 3y ago
RFC 2606 is a "best current practices" document, which is less stringent than a standard. I'd say it gives them flexibility. Even updated by RFC 6761, the practices surrounding example.com only go so far as SHOULD and SHOULD NOT. That said, I think it's a horrible idea to treat example.com differently, but that's just because I can't think of a single reason why you would want to do so. :)
prepend 3y ago
I don’t miss the seemingly arbitrary restrictions from university IT admins. A university I attended blocked all BitTorrent traffic at the protocol level. They theoretically allowed exceptions per their policy but when I applied for some bioinformatics images to be allowed they said they would only allow specific files for a 24 hour window. I applied for a file and got no response. I applied for 1000 files and got no response. Then I gave up.
- brokenmachine 3y ago
  >Then I gave up. I'm surprised you didn't set up your own system to work around the stupid restrictions.

jimbosis 3y ago

Another one is http://httpforever.com/ http://httpforever.com/.

nurettin 3y ago

Wonderful site http://n-gate.com http://n-gate.com

nvy 3y ago
That one's my go-to as well. Hope the author's all right.
- nurettin 3y ago
  Glad to see another fan. For others, here's the relevant discussion http://n-gate.com/software/2017/07/12/0/ http://n-gate.com/software/2017/07/12/0/ (needs some refreshes, I think the author made the website somewhat inaccessible on purpose)

omoikane 3y ago

Another plug for http://gfblip.appspot.com/ http://gfblip.appspot.com/ I guess any site that doesn't auto-upgrade would work, but I have a habit of typing out http:// http:// for this site in particular because it doesn't work over https.

chrismorgan 3y ago

example.com hasn’t been HTTP-only for quite some years now. It may still serve the page over HTTP rather than issuing a redirect to HTTPS, but that ain’t HTTP-only. Nor is there any guarantee of them retaining this deviation from accepted best practice.

daveoc64 3y ago

That loads over HTTPS for me, due to Firefox redirecting automatically.