On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Slokunshialgo
<slokun belligero org> wrote:
[...]
The basic idea thus far is to use d-bus to connect NM to a Firefox
extension (starting it if need be) and pass a saved username and
password. This extension would then use different things in Firefox to
login to the page, passing back success or failure.
Does anybody have any suggestions, or any problems with the proposed
idea?
Just a though: if the authentication didn't rely on setting up a browser session, but instead used IP addresses to keep track of a user's authentication status, something like 'curl' to initiate the login might be more simple and effective than a browser extension. That way, the user wouldn't need Firefox or extra plugins. But, I don't know how those T-Mobile hotspots at Starbucks or Boingo airport base stations, etc keep track of authentication, so this is all speculative.
Regards,
Elijah
