Re: [NTLK] Wavelan [Was: Re: $50.00 wireless Internet for Newton .]

From: Daniel Smith (djoannidi_at_mac.com)
Date: Fri Sep 28 2001 - 12:48:09 EDT

University Texas at Austin does something similar. You don't telnet - but
when you pull up your first Web-Page at a public Ethernet Access point -
you're forced to sign in with a UT-Electronic ID (UTEID)
After that, you get a DHCP Lease on the port for about two hours, then you
have to renew. It's pretty painless on any laptop with a web-browser, I
haven't been back to try it with my newt. I think there may be some issues
with the SSL encrypted web-pages.

Its a different thread, but which Newton-WWW Browser has a fair
implementation of SSL or other secure web-sites? 

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Daniel Joannidi Smith
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djoannidI_at_mac.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <gopi_at_sin.sloth.org>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Wavelan [Was: Re: $50.00 wireless Internet for Newton .]

<snip>
> CMU's netbars (public access wired ethernet stations) are an attempt to
> deal with this nicely - you have to telnet to a specific IP address and
> log in, and then the router lets you through. Same sort of authentication
> as PPPoE - individual usernames and passwords - but you don't have to use
> evil protocols like PPPoE.
>
> gopi.
>

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