Web login

[Mads Kiilerich <mads kiilerich com>]

As far as I know NetworkManager has no clever support for login to 
networks that seems open but requires login on a web page before it 
routes anywhere. No matter what you are going to use the connection for 
you thus have to open a browser and login before you can do your 
non-browser-based mail/chat/ssh/whatever work. It could be very nice if 
NM could make that more smooth somehow.

Google finds a student that made a fine attempt:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2008-December/msg00115.html
http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/NetworkManager_Web_Authentication

Clever hacks are also possible in some cases:
http://prematureoptimization.org/blog/archives/107

Are there any plans, dreams, thoughts, progress or other info in this area?

/Mads