21 Nov
2015
21 Nov
'15
10:14 p.m.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015, Dave Wade wrote:
Most browsers can be hijacked via DNS or IP address
stealing. Thats how
much public access wifi works. Any attempt to access any page diverts to a
login page.
True enough. When I first read Chuck's message I misunderstood and
thought he meant that IE opened the page even though it was configured
to open a blank page on startup; but I guess I was just assuming that
since that's *my* preference for new pages.
My ISP injects into web pages a helpful heads-up message if your account
is overdue. My work's network always prompts for a login unless you've
already logged in within some amount of time; I just reported to their
IT that this redirection doesn't work with any https: URL -- you just
get a thing saying the page can't be opened. With more pages being https
now, and major browsers being programmed to automatically try https
before http, this is a little annoying; unfortunately they told me this
was a shortcoming of the Cisco stuff they use, and they have no way of
fixing it.
On Nov 14, 2015 12:05 AM, "Chuck Guzis"
<cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
> On 11/13/2015 09:29 AM, ben wrote:
>
> Windows new feature ... Auto Click
>> Sigh.
>>
>
> Oh, I don't know if that's a new feature. I recall getting a DSL modem
> and getting instructions to bring up Internet Explorer after the ethernet
> cable had been connected to my computer.
>
> Well, I don't normally use Windows, but I have a couple of systems with XP
> installed, so I dragged them out and plugged in the modem. I brought up
> IE8 without keying in a URL and viewed the display "Configuring your
modem"
> was the message along with the pretty colors of the modem sender.
>
> Holy cow! It didn't even ask if I wanted to point the browser at the
> configuration page. Shades of COFEE. Does anyone else think that this is
> a great feature and not a security hole?
>
> --Chuck
>
>
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Eric Christopherson