Collaborate Disseminate
Context: I have a laptop supplied by my organisation. I am trying to connect to eduroam, but I cannot do it using my organisation’s laptop. When I use a personal computer, it asks me for a username and password, just as a sta… Continue reading How is no password more secure than username+password?
So I’m trying to build a malicious captive portal but I’m stuck on the part where you need to know stuff.
Anytime a HTTP request comes in, everything works fine. However, when an HTTPS connection comes in, it refuses to acc… Continue reading Building a malicious captive portal
I recently read this question, which makes me wonder a follow up question: how is this captive portal likely trying to redirect the user? A highly voted comment does say that it’s doing it wrong, after all.
So if one had a l… Continue reading How should captive portals redirect?
I’m aware the risks of connecting to a public AP poses as well as how MITMish is the hotspot approach.
I wonder if there is anything in the OS layer (iOS, Android) that prohibit the execution of applications installed in the… Continue reading Can Captive Portal links open browser/apps?
I am currently working on a Captive Portal solution, which can be distributed in an device that has an ethernet and wlan port. In short, I use iptables to restrict access to all devices unless they were previously added to th… Continue reading Captive Portal Security Measures
I am currently working on a Captive Portal solution, which can be distributed in an device that has an ethernet and wlan port. In short, I use iptables to restrict access to all devices unless they were previously added to th… Continue reading Captive Portal Security Measures
I am connected to my own router, and I know for a fact that I do not have a captive portal installed. Firefox displays a banner at the top of the page saying that “you must log in to this network before you can access the Internet.”, with … Continue reading Why is firefox attempting to direct me to a Captive Portal, when I’m connected to my own router?
I’m currently working from a customer LAN which is “protected” through authentication through captive-portal-like technology.
In theory, first thing you do in the morning is click on some URL, get the loging form spoofed by … Continue reading Need a leniant browser for captive portals (WiFi and LAN)
On occasion I change my MAC address from time to time at a public Wifi service. However lately something has changed. The captive portal (Wifi) remembers me even if I change my MAC address on my Macintosh. How is that possibl… Continue reading Captive portal (Wifi) remembers me even if I change my MAC address
Our conscience almost prevented us from posting this one. Almost.
What do people all around the world want most? Free WiFi. And what inevitable force do they want to avoid most, just after death and taxes? Rick Astley. As a getting-started project with the ESP8266, Hackaday.io user [jaime] built a “free WiFi portal” that takes advantage of people’s deepest desires. Instead of delivering sweet, high-bandwidth connectivity, once you click through the onerous terms and conditions, it delivers you a looped GIF with background music.
And all of this on $4 worth of hardware, with firmware assembled in the cloud and …read more
