Security Basics: Re: Question about hotel security design

[Alexander Klimov <alserkli () inbox ru>]

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, ricci wrote:
>       Can someone tell me how to design and configure the hotel room security
> control? As what I have experience before in a hotel, I will only be
> permitted to access to the Internet after I pay using the credit card. But I
> sometimes found that I have been assigned with IP addresses but cannot
> access to any port. When I access to the web port, it will bring me to the
> payment page before I can access to the web.
>
>       Can someone tell me how that is configured? What mechanism is used and what
> device is used?
Probably there is a "transparent proxy" (google for it) which either
forward your requests to internet or shows hotel's web site
there you can pay. After this the web site reports to the proxy that
from now on your requests should be forwarded to internet.

Alternatively, there is just a dynamic firewall/nat (without proxy)

-- 
Regards,
ASK

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