Hi, Just wanted to let everyone know that we just committed a new add-on: Proxy-Bypass.
Proxy-Bypass is the idea that PacketFence's captive portal should work even in a setting where every desktop uses a mandatory proxy configured in the browser. It works if the client-configured Proxy is DNS-based. An IP based proxy would require additional tricks. The trick is to run a Squid proxy on the expected proxy port. Doing so, the client will lookup the proxy's IP which will give PacketFence's IP and initiate proxying with our squid proxy on the PacketFence server. Then we perform redirection to the captive portal. Beside from Squid, only some IP lookup tweaks were required on the captive portal. If you are interested, check addons/proxy-bypass/README from our trunk branch: http://mtn.inverse.ca/branch/changes/org.packetfence.trunk It's not a very intrusive feature so it could be backported to 1.9 if there is a demand for it. Another link for more info: #1035: Captive portal should be able to capture clients using a proxy http://www.packetfence.org/bugs/view.php?id=1035 Cheers! -- Olivier Bilodeau obilod...@inverse.ca :: +1.514.447.4918 *115 :: www.inverse.ca Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence (www.packetfence.org) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Packetfence-devel mailing list Packetfence-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-devel
