Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:56:24 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wifi && connect from Android YourFreedom App (a bit OT) Message-ID: <CAJ-VmokVdRXOrexNrkVFeU_huGrThoTzzLX1FKj=ViR94OO1jQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20131218122702.GA1609@tiny-r255948> References: <20131218122702.GA1609@tiny-r255948>
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There are a few tunneling apps that bypass various forms of captive portals. But there are spyware and trust issues with them. adrian On Dec 18, 2013 7:19 AM, "Matthias Apitz" <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > > Hello, > > I returned last night from Havana, Cuba. They have now Wifi in the > hotels and my FreeBSD netbook (10-CURRENT) connected fine, on start of > WPA you get an IP addr by DHCP and the first page in a browser (FF 24.0) > re-directed you to a page to enter the credentials (login, password for > around 4 USD per hour); a lot of cubans were sitting around with their > laptops and Android based tablets using the Wifi zone of the hotel; > > I talked to someone and he said he was using some App 'Your Freedom' > (or something like that) and was not asked for credentials to connect > to his Facebook account, etc. This surprised me a bit, how this could > work technically, and that's why I wanted to ask it here: how this could > bypass the credential page, because I could not route traffic through > the assigned IP on the WLAN interface without passing the credential > page... how this could work with this App? My interest is only > technically or due to the surprise, I do not want to use such trick on > FreeBSD and I do not have any Android device. > > Thanks > > matthias > -- > Sent from my FreeBSD netbook > > Matthias Apitz, <guru@unixarea.de>, http://www.unixarea.de/ f: > +49-170-4527211 > UNIX since V7 on PDP-11, UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) > UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2, FreeBSD since 2.2.5 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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