Captive Portal Detection

TLDR; Force a captive portal to appear be going to a any HTTP not HTTPS website like http://canireachthe.net OS’s use HTTP probes to check Internet connectivity (this could break from time to time) Consider using DHCP Option 114 for better Captive Portal redirection, read more at #Advanced Captive Portal Detection Captive Portal Detection Different Operating Systems and some Applications have similar but distinct methods to detect if a network is using a Splash page or Captive Portal. In general upon connection to a network different tests / checks will be performed to see if captive portal is present. ...

December 21, 2024 · 4 min · 650 words · Chase Gleason

L1-Connections

Layer 1 An Overview For those of you not fimilar Layer 1 refers to the first layer of the OSI model, the physical layer. This layer is technially where 1’s and 0’s cross a medium. But ask any IT professional sometimes just getting the right power is hardm let alone getting the right cable. I will quick cover some of the basics of the In most cases the medium used for communications is, Fiber Optics, Twised Pair Copper, and Radio Frequecy (Wireless). ...

May 26, 2018 · 2 min · 260 words · Internet Lifeguard

L1-RF

Layer 1 - Radio Frequncy (RF)

May 26, 2018 · 1 min · 6 words · Internet Lifeguard

WPA2 802.11i

Wireless Security with WPA2 (802.11i) TLDR WEP is insecure WPA1 / WPA using TKIP is also insecure WPA2 is most secure (ensure KRACK is patched) 802.11i is complicated Old Wireless Security WEP / WPA'1' WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) Old and Insecure [See Aircrack-NG] (https://www.aircrack-ng.org/) Stream Cipher RC4 CRC-32 Checksum -WPA1 (AKA WPA using TKIP) Has similar attack vectors as WEP **Note 802.11 Authentication: has 802.11 Management Frame called “Authentication” this is not related to any real authentication and is just part of wireless association… again not authentication, who names this stuff ** ...

January 20, 2018 · 4 min · 808 words · Internet Lifeguard