Re: node red, and black is wonky

Sounds like your bind is caching the IP of the captive portal in place  
of the ajax site you're expecting to see.

Try flushing your bind cache? The captive portal shouldn't care what  
DNS server you're using.

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On Mar 31, 2008, at 4:49 PM, Daniel Johnson wrote:

> I don't know what is up with node red, and black, but every time I use
> it I have a lot of frustration.  I usually set /etc/resolv.conf on my
> laptop to use bind running on my laptop to avoid DNS problems, and I
> will randomly get terms of service agreement pages instead of just
> once when signing on.  This causes a lot of problems with ajax sites
> as it seems to be replacing the XML feed that the javascript is
> expecting with the service agreement page.  It leads to continuous
> popups that make it hard to even close the tab.
>
> example message
> "This web page is being redirected to a new location. Would you like
> to resend the form data you have typed to the new location?"
>
> Of course that also kinda looks like a man in the middle attack.  I
> could potentially help someone debug...
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