11 Nov
2005
11 Nov
'05
00:58
On Thursday 10 November 2005 06:39 pm, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
My present ISP just started using an authenticating gateway for some reason, meaning all internet protocols are blocked until I open a browser, try to go anywhere, get the prompt to authenticate, enter my username and password, and then I am allowed past the local net. Does anyone know of a way to automate this in Linux. From a boot, I have several things accessing the internet, i.e. xntpd, fetchmail, etc., that just fail til I authenticate. Any ideas?
I hope you're not paying for that kind of service....... What would happen if you telnet'd to something on port 80? Wonder if you could put your password in that way and then automate the telnet.