[chromium-discuss] Chrome 63+ update for captive portal detection

[Austin Sasko]

In chrome 63 and above, Chrome now attempts to determine if a device is
behind a network that requires captive portal redirection/authentication.
When it determines that the network it is on, it displays the page below.

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What triggers Chrome attempting to check if an end device is behind a
captive portal, and what technical steps does it use to determine that it
is behind a captive portal in order to show the aforementioned page? (I
have gathered that at least one potential trigger is when reaching a public
IP address and getting an SSL error about a hostname mismatch)