On Sun, Nov 22, 2015, Dave Wade wrote: > Most browsers can be hijacked via DNS or IP address stealing. Thats how > much public access wifi works. Any attempt to access any page diverts to a > login page.
True enough. When I first read Chuck's message I misunderstood and thought he meant that IE opened the page even though it was configured to open a blank page on startup; but I guess I was just assuming that since that's *my* preference for new pages. My ISP injects into web pages a helpful heads-up message if your account is overdue. My work's network always prompts for a login unless you've already logged in within some amount of time; I just reported to their IT that this redirection doesn't work with any https: URL -- you just get a thing saying the page can't be opened. With more pages being https now, and major browsers being programmed to automatically try https before http, this is a little annoying; unfortunately they told me this was a shortcoming of the Cisco stuff they use, and they have no way of fixing it. > On Nov 14, 2015 12:05 AM, "Chuck Guzis" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 11/13/2015 09:29 AM, ben wrote: > > > > Windows new feature ... Auto Click > >> Sigh. > >> > > > > Oh, I don't know if that's a new feature. I recall getting a DSL modem > > and getting instructions to bring up Internet Explorer after the ethernet > > cable had been connected to my computer. > > > > Well, I don't normally use Windows, but I have a couple of systems with XP > > installed, so I dragged them out and plugged in the modem. I brought up > > IE8 without keying in a URL and viewed the display "Configuring your modem" > > was the message along with the pretty colors of the modem sender. > > > > Holy cow! It didn't even ask if I wanted to point the browser at the > > configuration page. Shades of COFEE. Does anyone else think that this is > > a great feature and not a security hole? > > > > --Chuck > > > > -- Eric Christopherson
