Brian writes:
On Sat 12 Feb 2022 at 21:07:10 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> This is Firefox's captive portal [1] detection [2]. > > Cheers > > [1] Had I a say in it, I'd reserve a very special place in Hell > for those. Could the process to replace them on, say, public transport be outlined?
[...]It highly depends on your jurisdiction and other regulatory requirements thus I gather there is no comprehensive answer to this question.
Alternatives could be any of the following: * Not using a captive portal at all i.e. having just a free WiFi for everyone near enough to receive the radio signal. * Using WPA Enterprise (RADIUS) to have users login without any website but directly as part of joining the network. This works for very large networks, too. E.g. the `eduroam` common in some universities can be accessed from any of the participating universities' accounts by just entering their campus e-mail address for login. * RFC8910 - Captive-Portal Identification in DHCP and Router Advertisements (RAs). I never never heard of it before searching for “Alternatives to captive portals wifi” online :) See also: * https://radavis.github.io/captive-portal-is-dead/ * https://old.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/lrebw5/alternatives_to_a_captive_portal_for_open_networks/ * https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8910.txt HTH Linux-Fan öö
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