To clarify, you don&#x27;t <i>want</i> to suffer an MITM attack; that&#x27;s just the current standard way of finding the captive portal login page. I believe the Wi-Fi Alliance is working on Hotspot 2.0 (Passpoint) to fix this problem:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theruckusroom.net&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;hotspots-get-hotter-with-release-2-of-hotspot-20.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theruckusroom.net&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;hotspots-get-hotter-wit...</a><p>Briefly, it looks like there&#x27;s a secure (WPA2) hotspot for internet access and an associated open hotspot if you need to sign up for an account (with a published signup URL).