Can't connect to wifi in hotels

AndyPix

lammy82 wrote: »

It may be because your browser is trying to connect to an https site, and Chrome doesn't let the hotel's wifi intercept the secure connection to redirect you to the wifi logon page.

So, when it gets blocked try manually navigating to a non-https site like "bbc.co.uk" which should then allow the browser to be redirected to the wifi logon page.

^^ Yep - this exactly , great post

glentoran99

http://koditips.com/news-hotspot-shield-snoops-users-sells-data/

kwikbreaks

I think the only VPN I'd fully trust is my own. If you stuck with the router provided by your ISP looking there for setting one up is probably futile but any decent router will let you set up an OpenVPN of your own which can be used on open WiFi. A Raspberry Pi will run one if your router can't.

RumRat

glentoran99 wrote: »

http://koditips.com/news-hotspot-shield-snoops-users-sells-data/

Does anyone still use Hotspot shield, it's been known for a while that it's not fit for purpose...Definitely find one that doesn't log anything and is preferably based outside of the 14 eyes nations, or, at the very least the 5 eyes.

Strider590

glentoran99 wrote: »

how do you know the VPN is secure? By its very nature you are taking your data through an extra place

It's protection from snooping by anyone using the same WiFi, I have software that could intercept traffic on a connected network and then show websites, usernames and passwords.

I have two options for VPN, paid for and also my own hosted (which connects me directly to my home internet connection and uses that).

I also have my own proxy server for bypassing firewall restrictions at any location and an encrypted SSH tunnel that achieves the same thing but with strong encryption.
Even on a locked down network, all I have to do is run a port scan to find open outgoing ports and then route my connection through it via one of the above.

Wherever I am and whatever I need to do, I have a solution.

AndyPix

Strider590 wrote: »

It's protection from snooping by anyone using the same WiFi, I have software that could intercept traffic on a connected network and then show websites, usernames and passwords. .

You would have to do some arp table poisoning for that, then masquerade as the router and perform MITM ..
Even then your not going to be snooping passwords and usernames unless they are in plain text which is unlikely.


Yes im aware of ssl strip, but as far as im aware, in these hotel hotspots, each node is assigned its own vlan and cannot see the other devices on the network anyway

Strider590

AndyPix wrote: »

You would have to do some arp table poisoning for that, then masquerade as the router and perform MITM ..
Even then your not going to be snooping passwords and usernames unless they are in plain text which is unlikely.


Yes im aware of ssl strip, but as far as im aware, in these hotel hotspots, each node is assigned its own vlan and cannot see the other devices on the network anyway

I'm not going to head into the realms of hacking tools, only to say that I have old friends who made a career out of hacking and now ethical hacking. Not talking about useless graduates, i'm talking zero qualifications and scary levels of talent, learn't the hard way.

As for hotspots, I do have a readily available app on my phone with can scan networks, returning host names and IP addresses for all connected clients, i've used it in hotels, airports, etc and although it needs a few attempts to fully scan every device, it does work very effectively, it even returns the type of device, sometimes the brand/model.