How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or full Internet access

Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by woodruffw on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:21PM (#33666086)

I believe they hit http://captive.apple.com now (and that's what I use).

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by bombcar on Saturday November 19, 2022 @01:39AM (#33667645)

They use more than that, I've seen it on the wire (to prevent DNS caching I believe).

http://neverssl.com also works

And https://1.1.1.1 breaks people's brains if they know enough

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by askvictor on Saturday November 19, 2022 @02:44AM (#33667992)

Even more fun: https://16843009

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by 9dev on Saturday November 19, 2022 @02:56AM (#33668065)

Did they actually issue the certificate for that??

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by ev1 on Saturday November 19, 2022 @03:13AM (#33668168)

No, your browser converts it before access

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by tlaundal on Saturday November 19, 2022 @04:11AM (#33668475)

And there's https://1.1

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by petesergeant on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:50AM (#33669310)

I prefer https://1.1.257

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by loevborg on Saturday November 19, 2022 @07:37AM (#33669574)

I like

http://uz

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by erlendellingsen on Saturday November 19, 2022 @02:29AM (#33667930)

Whenever I access a public Wi-Fi with login / captive portal, and the portal doesn’t show up immediately, I enter captive.apple.com in Safari to trigger it! Works every time (iPhone)

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by wiseleo on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:43PM (#33701102)

I use example.com :) Less typing.

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by rzzzt on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:51AM (#33669046)

http://example.com is also good.

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by loginatnine on Saturday November 19, 2022 @09:08AM (#33670164)

For french speaking gals/guys, there's http://perdu.com too (lost.com basically)

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