Https requests give an error instead of the splash page, and there is also the problems people will face when using the connection for apps different than a browser.

Yes, it is annoying. But most of our users have android, which is smart enough to detect the portal and redirect users to the login page. Even firefox on desktops will also detect that.

I like a solution Pau mentioned on that thread: capturing only port 80 traffic and letting everything else flow. He mentioned a modified version of tinyproxy to do that. However I see (at least in the current Nodogsplash version) it seems possible to do it just by editing the configuration file.

There are a few issues there- first, most of the web traffic is now on port https (443). So someone who just uses facebook (mercy!) would never end up in the portal.

Besides, there are apps out there built to circunvent portals by creating VPN connections on other ports. So I don't think this is the best solution. I don't know if there is one.

In the Nodogsplash configuration file I see things like:

FirewallRule allow tcp port 53

Do you know what I should write in order to "Allow everything but port 80"?

I don't know the correct syntax, but I think the way to do that something like

FirewallRule block tcp all ports

FirewallRule allow tcp port 80

As the rules are followed in the order of the file.

Let us know how it works for you!

Best

Bruno

In the meantime... here is the tutorial for the nodogsplash hack.

Please test and let us now any problems, typos, etc.

http://wiki.coolab.org/index.php?title=How_to_create_a_captive_portal

Have fun!

On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 8:38 PM, <modante@disroot.org> wrote:

Absolutely agree. I am not developer but could be a tester :-)

24 de marzo de 2018 11:08, "Patricio Gibbs" <patricio@altermundi.net> escribiÃ³:

> El 23 de marzo de 2018 7:42:17 GMT-05:00, bruno vianna <bruno@pobox.com> escribiÃ³:

>
>> Pitbull is not useful yet according to Nico Pace. We started to
>> collaborate
>> to develop to get it finished but it doesn't seem like it will happen
>> in
>> less than 6 months or so.
>
> If we write a brief description of the skills and work needed to create Pitbull, maybe we can
> attract more developers. And even if we don't attract more people to participate, we will have a
> clearer understanding of the work. Who can improve this first draft?:
>
> *The LibreMesh community will soon start working on a captive portal software to enable community
> functions such as local bulletin boards and network access control. We call on people with Lua
> programming experience to look at our GitHub repo at https://GitHub.com/libremesh/pitbull and post
> questions and comments there. For more read communication, visit our matrix chat room at -insert
> address here-. We also call on people interested in testing the captive portal software as we
> develop it.*
>
> Improving this call to action and distributing it among our networks at least opens the chance of
> other people joining the effort... Nothing to lose.
>
> (I'm willing to learn more programming, but I don't I can contribute much in that task. Testing I
> think I can do.)
>
> I think these creations, such as the captive portal, add a lot of value to our networks and make
> them more attractive and more viable as real alternatives to non-community networks, offering tools
> and social dynamics that non-community networks cannot offer.
>
>> I'll work on an English documentation of the hack this weekend and send
>> it
>> to the list, it would be great if you could test.
>
> Great! Our community in Caimito has wanted a captive portal since we started over a year ago. I
> look forward to testing (and upgrading or nodes to libremesh 17).
>
> Patrick
>
>> Bruno
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 8:44 AM, Paul Harmor <psharmor@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Not that I can provide any useful information to answer the question
>>> posed, but I'd sure like to see this become a reality as well! Think
>>
>> of
>>> this as a +1!
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 05:12 Amuza <amuza@riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Here we are considering again the captive portal thing. It would be
>> a
>> welcome page with some community news, not real authentication. I
>> guess
>> we would like a system where MAC addresses of users who just clicked
>> an
>> "Ok" button of the splash page would be validated for a month. So
>> they
>> would have to go through this News page once a month.
>>
>> I've seen Nodogsplash seems to be maintained again, so I can try to
>> make
>> it work for LiMe. But first I wanted to ask about Pitbull, as I
>> think
>> that was something similar but specially made for LiMe.
>>
>> What is the status of Pitbull?
>>
>> Would it work for the described need?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
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