Re: [Captive-portals] Comments on draft-nottingham-capport-problem-00

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Thu, 03 March 2016 06:37 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Captive-portals] Comments on draft-nottingham-capport-problem-00
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On 3 March 2016 at 13:02, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:
> Regarding notifications, I think we should discuss whether it's useful to consider them as 'captive portals' or not. The techniques are similar in many cases, but there are some important differences.

I caution that this might be a case where we have to watch scope.  It
might be good to understand the methods and reasons, but those
differences could lead us down a rathole.