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

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Thu, 03 March 2016 06:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Captive-portals] Comments on draft-nottingham-capport-problem-00
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> On 3 Mar 2016, at 5:37 PM, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:
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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.

+1


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