Breaking the internet (hotels, guestnet style)
Michael Thomas
mike at mtcc.com
Tue Dec 8 17:07:17 UTC 2009
On 12/07/2009 09:39 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
>>>> Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
>> "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I
>> won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CN
>> N)
>> With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.
>>
>
> This really should be a DHCP option which points to the authentification
> server using ip addresses. This should be return to clients even
> if they don't request it. Web browers could have a hot-spot button that
> retrieves this option then connects using the value returned.
>
> No need to compromise the DNS or intercept http.
A DHCP option that ultimately charges my credit card?
::shudder::
Mike
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