Re: [squid-users] How to create an accept terms of use page

I would like to do this as well. What do hotels/wifi hotspots use?

On Dec 26, 2007 7:26 PM, Chris Robertson <crobertson@gci.net> wrote:
>
> Craig wrote:
> > Hi, I'm wondering if I can use squid to emulate the setup many hotels/wifi
> > hotspots have where a user must go through an acceptance page before their
> > computer is allowed to access the Internet. That acceptance page can either
> > be a simple 'yes' button or the user must fill in a code of some sort.
> >
> > I've been searching the web for several hours and I have only found one
> > reference to such a configuration; a brief exchange on this list in 2000
> > where the person asked if it could be done and someone else said it was not
> > possible.
> >
> > Since that was seven years ago, I was wondering if a solution had been found
> > either using squid only or squid as part of a larger system of devices. Is
> > there a link to somewhere I've missed? I didn't see anything from a quick
> > scan of the documentation either....
> >
> > We're having issues with a remote site doing things they shouldn't....
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Craig L. Bowser
> > Information Assurance Manager
> > -------------------------------
> > After all is said and done, more is said than done.
> >
> >
>
> Check recent Squid source (anything in the 2.6 branch) for the session
> helper.
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=squid_session+helper+man&btnG=Search
>
> Chris
>
Received on Wed Dec 26 2007 - 20:09:57 MST