[AusNOG] Anyone know what this is? http://203.8.182.155/generate_204

[Scott Howard]

Android uses this URL to determine if it's behind a captive portal, and
also to trigger the captive portal.

  Scott



On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Graeme Allen <gallen at mytelecom.com.au>wrote:

>
> http://203.8.182.155/generate_204
>
> If you browse to the base IP http://203.8.182.155 you get a google page
>
> AAPT are our transit provider, and I am seeing some of our hotspt user
> sessions "finding" their way here.
>
> Smells like a transparent proxy/cache?
>
> [gallen at gpa ~]$ whois 203.8.182.155
> [Querying whois.apnic.net]
> [whois.apnic.net]
> % [whois.apnic.net]
> % Whois data copyright terms    http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html
>
> % Information related to '203.8.176.0 - 203.8.183.255'
>
> inetnum:        203.8.176.0 - 203.8.183.255
> netname:        AAPT
> descr:          AAPT Limited
> descr:          180-188 Burnley Street
> descr:          Richmond VIC 3121
> country:        AU
> admin-c:        ANO2-AP
> tech-c:         ANO2-AP
> notify:         routing at connect.com.au
> mnt-by:         APNIC-HM
> mnt-lower:      MAINT-AU-AAPT
> status:         ALLOCATED PORTABLE
> mnt-irt:        IRT-AAPT-AU
> changed:        nobody at aunic.net 19941002
> changed:        aunic-transfer at apnic.net 20010525
> changed:        hm-changed at apnic.net 20060330
> source:         APNIC
>
> irt:            IRT-AAPT-AU
> address:        AAPT Limited
> address:        180-188 Burnley Street
> address:        Richmond VIC 3121 AU
> e-mail:         abuse at aapt.com.au
> abuse-mailbox:  abuse at aapt.com.au
> admin-c:        ANO2-AP
> tech-c:         ANO2-AP
> auth:           # Filtered
> notify:         routing.shared at aapt.com.au
> mnt-by:         MAINT-AU-AAPT
> changed:        abuse at aapt.com.au 20110317
> source:         APNIC
>
> role:           AAPT Network Operations
> address:        AAPT Limited
> address:        180-188 Burnley St
> address:        Richmond VIC 3121
> country:        AU
> phone:          +61 3 8687 5770
> fax-no:         +61 3 8414 3115
> e-mail:         routing at connect.com.au
> admin-c:        ANO1-AP
> tech-c:         ANO1-AP
> nic-hdl:        ANO2-AP
> notify:         routing at connect.com.au
> mnt-by:         CONNECT
> changed:        nobody at connect.com.au 20050224
> source:         APNIC
>
> % This query was served by the APNIC Whois Service version 1.68.5
> (WHOIS2)
>
>
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