On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:12:34 +0200 Merciadri Luca <[email protected]> wrote:
> Celejar wrote: ... > > >From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal#Implementation > > > > ----- > > > > Implementation > > > > There is more than one way to implement a captive portal. > > [edit] Redirection by HTTP > > > > If an unauthenticated client requests a website, DNS is queried by the > > browser and the appropriate IP resolved as usual. The browser then > > sends an HTTP request to that IP address. This request, however, is > > intercepted by a firewall and forwarded to a redirect server. This > > redirect server responds with a regular HTTP response which contains > > HTTP status code 302 to redirect the client to the Captive Portal. > Is the 302 status code standardized? (I'm here dealing with CISCO > routers and network stuff, and do they use 302 too?) 302 is a standard (but see the page below) redirect code; I have no experience with Cisco gear: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_302 Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
