WiFi - login page redirection not working

William Herrin bill at herrin.us
Thu Nov 30 18:15:41 UTC 2017


On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote

> > On Nov 30, 2017, at 08:20 , Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> If TLS  would somehow allow you to redirect...
> >
> > No but it would be nice to have a solution that redirects the user
> instead
> > of "this page can't load" creating confusion.
>
> A well-known non-SSL (non-HSTS) URL that users could use for this purpose
> would
> serve the same purpose without producing the security problems mentioned.


A well known SSL certificate that if it appears during negotiation means
the application should "check for captive portal."




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