From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Mon Mar 08 2004 - 12:36:24 PST
Martin Joseph wrote:
> What on earth are you talking about? How does SSL have anything to with
> wireless access at borders?
Lots of commercial wifi hotspots require you to authenticate via a
SSL-encrypted web page. Until you authenticate, any URL you try to load will
redirect to the login page. Since Newtons lack SSL support we can't use these
hotspots :(
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