On 04/28/2018 05:50 AM, Chuck Hast wrote: > I have Boingo through AMEX. It has been a long time since I had to log into > it, indeed when I run into it I get logged on automagicly AFTER I try to > reach > some site that is not running secure web pages. > > I use foo.com as the target to elicit the proper response from the network > cop > that gets me to the login page I do the login thing and from there on out to > where I am going. The big thing is to use a non-encrypted web site so the > redirection works or it will fail every time. >
+1 for "foo.com" or similar. These various captive portals won't work since most sites are https and this the browser won't allow redirect highjacking. This happens wether I am trying to connect via a Linux variant or my employer's Win7 laptop. -Ed
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