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Re: [LUG] 20170207 Cafe/Library WiFi connecting?
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- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:08:38 +0000
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- Thread-topic: [LUG] 20170207 Cafe/Library WiFi connecting?
Just picking up on this ...
I used to use xkcd.com as my "start page" URL when trying to login to various hotel
/ cafà wifi systems, but as Simon pointed out, it's usually the http -> http*S*
redirection that causes most captive portals to jam up (IMO)
So, now I use a well-known fake URL: http://example.com and that seems to trigger
the captive portal in 99.24% of cases :)
Steve
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From: list [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simon Waters via list
Sent: 08 February 2017 00:01
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Subject: Re: [LUG] 20170207 Cafe/Library WiFi connecting?
Since a lot of them try and redirect https, which works less and less often even.
Also NEVER accept a dodgy certificate for a domain you care about, this opens up a
whole range of attacks.
Additional to the excellent comments by Mr M, find a website that works over http
and open that one (of course this opens your browser up to other attacks but you're
mostly stuck with them).
I use http://www.ibm.com/ as they make no efforts to prevent people from
intercepting traffic to their site.
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