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

Tim Sheahan sheahant at mytelecom.com.au
Wed Oct 9 18:21:12 EST 2013


I've seen these requests while doing captive portal work.

I've also noticed iOS interprets any wispr XML it finds in the reply 
html, which is part of its captive portal support.

  - Tim

On 9/10/2013 4:59 PM, Andrew Cox wrote:
> For those interested, iOS requests 
> http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html to check if it has 
> internet access.
>
> - Andrew
>
>
> On 8 October 2013 08:21, Michael Dale <mdale at dalegroup.net 
> <mailto:mdale at dalegroup.net>> wrote:
>
>     iOS has a similar thing too.
>
>     On 8 Oct 2013, at 9:20 am, Scott Howard <scott at doc.net.au
>     <mailto:scott at doc.net.au>> wrote:
>
>>     Android uses this URL to determine if it's behind a captive
>>     portal, and also to trigger the captive portal.
>>
>>       Scott
>
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