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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 14/06/13 00:04, Simon Waters wrote: > You could probably use the existing infrastructure for UAM or > other services once the client knows it is in a captive portal, and > it can open an HTTPS to the right page, and if needed POST the > credentials it has been told it can share, immediately rather than > waiting for the user to use a browser (which happens less and less > as we get mobile apps which do a lot of what we've used browsers > for on desktops). Another way in which "The Internet" is not "The WWW". Even if these apps use HTTP (over TCP port 80) they cannot possibly cope with getting something unexpected back. That's in addition to the issue of the URL of the "portal" not being one a browser is configured to talk to directly... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlG7UkYACgkQsoRLMhsZpFewTwCggvif0RJsYrplntrhffN5wziu jhoAoIoHrb0/eBPZcINH0pjjY2VJI8yq =5VTI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq