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Captive Portal Interaction                                 T. Pauly, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                                Apple Inc.
Intended status: Standards Track                         D. Thakore, Ed.
Expires: September 12, 2019                                    CableLabs
                                                          March 11, 2019

                           Captive Portal API
                       draft-ietf-capport-api-02

Abstract

   This document describes an HTTP API that allows clients to interact
   with a Captive Portal system.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  Workflow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  API Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     4.1.  URI of Captive Portal API endpoint  . . . . . . . . . . .   3
       4.1.1.  Server Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     4.2.  JSON Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     4.3.  An Example Interaction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     5.1.  Privacy Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   7.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8

1.  Introduction

   This document describes a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
   Application Program Interface (API) that allows clients to interact
   with a Captive Portal system.  The API defined in this document has
   been designed to meet the requirements in the Captive Portal
   Architecture [I-D.ietf-capport-architecture].  Specifically, the API
   provides:

   o  The state of captivity (whether or not the client has access to
      the Internet)

   o  A URI that a client browser can present to a user to get out of
      captivity

   o  An encrypted connection (TLS for both the API and portal URI)

2.  Terminology

   This document leverages the terminology and components described in
   [I-D.ietf-capport-architecture] and additionally uses the following
   association:

   o  Captive Portal Client: The client that interacts with the captive
      portal API is typically some application running on the User
      Equipment that is connected to the Captive Network.  This is also
      referred to as the "client" in this document.

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   o  Captive Portal API Server: The server exposing the API's defined
      in this document to the client.  This is also referred to as the
      "API server" in this document.

3.  Workflow

   The Captive Portal Architecture defines three steps of interaction
   between clients and a Captive Portal service:

   1.  Provisioning, in which a client discovers that a network has a
       captive portal, and learns the URI of the API server