Strange Redirect - Omaha Airport

[Dennis Kibbe]

On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 08:03 -0700, Tony E - Jaraeth wrote:
> It appears to be redirecting to a URL via a HTTP GET statement (?dlurl=) 
> and then passing the referral URL along (the original link with Boingo 
> in the name) then again redirecting back, and forward again, etc.  Yes, 
> it looks odd.  Chances are the URL was programmed to receive a 
> particular variable, and when it didn't receive it via Firefox, it 
> redirected back to the original referrer, which in turn 
> re-forwarded/redirected it back, and on and on into an endless loop.  
> I'd guess that the site may possibly work with Internet Explorer, or was 
> just bugged at that time.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>   Tony E

Thanks to Tony and Eric for their replies. I know that the person
sitting at the next table was also having a problem connecting using a
MAC. I should have asked which browser he was using.

Dennisk
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