Re: [SOCALWUG] New License Fee May Face Hotspot Operators

[Jakob Eriksson]

I believe I have seen this done with wired services, both with Cable 
and actual residential broadband (www.bredbandsbolaget.se). It would 
seem likely that it was first done in a wired setting, which was later 
transferred to, and (tragically) patented for, wireless connectivity.

There's nothing like "intellectual property" when it comes to stifling 
creativity and development, is there?

- Jakob

On Jan 26, 2004, at 11:54 PM, Joseph Hsieh wrote:

A gateway redirect spoofs the DNS and "hijacks" the intended 
destination
page.  It therefore acts as a guardian to OTHER sites' pages as opposed
to a website redirect where it can only protect its own content.

~Joseph

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On 26 Jan 2004 at 20:30, Ronan Higgins, Cafe.com wrote:
Surely URL "capture" predates wi-fi and wireless hotspots?  Wasn't it
used
in some traditional dial-up ISP NAS (Network Access Server)
applications?

Go to (for instance) any latimes.com story URL and it will redirect you
to a login page if you
aren't already logged in. I'm sure other sites have been doing 
something
similar since very near
the start of the web.