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.

Check to see if you have "caching-nameserver" installed.  If you do,
uninstall it.  That seems to cause all sorts of weird problems.  (At least
for me.)


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