[Dnssec-trigger] dnssec-trigger at Hotel hotspot in Vienna

[Carsten Strotmann (private)]

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On 9/20/11 8:41 PM, Paul Wouters wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Carsten Strotmann (private) wrote:
> 
>> Not sure how this can be solved, maybe by having DNSSEC-trigger
>> to test a well known webpage of port 80 to detect a captive
>> portal. MacOS X 10.7 now also has an automatic captive portal
>> detection (ported from iOS). Not sure if there are APIs available
>> to use the function.
> 
> I think it is :)
> 
> http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html
> 
> The real question is should dnssec-trigger get involved here or
> not. Ideally, the OS or browser is going to do the portal
> detection.
> 
> dnssec-trigger could decide to reprobe every 5 seconds if it sees 
> this "portal" indicator? eg remain more aggressive while on a
> suspected landing page that hopefully soon will open up auth DNS.
> 
> Paul

dnssec-trigger thinks it succeeds, effectively disabling MacOS X
portal detection, so if dnssec-trigger is executed before the portal
detection, the system fails. Sometimes dnssec-trigger is running after
the portal-detection, then it works.

- -- Carsten
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