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
Dennis Kibbe wrote:
> Connecting to the Omaha Airport wifi Firefox complains the website isn't
> redirecting correctly. Does this URL look strange to anyone?
>
> https://login.airportwins.com/CN3000-boingo2/?dlurl=https://cn3000.authdirect.com:8090/goform/HtmlLoginRequest&l=ans_oma-002&original_url=https://login.airportwins.com/CN3000-boingo2/?dlurl=https://cn3000.authdirect.com:8090/goform/HtmlLoginRequest&l=ans_oma-002&original_url=https://login.airportwins.com/CN3000-boingo2/?dlurl=https://cn3000.authdirect.com:8090/goform/HtmlLoginRequest&l=ans_oma-002&original_url=https://login.airportwins.com/CN3000-boingo2/?dlurl=https://cn3000.authdirect.com:8090/goform/HtmlLoginRequest&l=ans_oma-002&original_url=https://login.airportwins.com/CN3000-boingo2/?dlurl=https://cn3000.authdirect.com:8090/goform/HtmlLoginRequest&l=ans_oma-002&original_url=https://login.airportwins.com/CN3000-boingo2/?dlurl=https://cn3000.authdirect.com:8090/goform/HtmlLoginRequest&l=ans_oma-002&original_url=
>
> Dennisk
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