Flutterby™! : More Bad Patents

Also on Slashot, but The Register covers it with a better twist. The patent covers initial redirects to a login page. It's a patent that I have repeatedly broken using various Linux tools for network security (iptables mostly) and many xDSL and Cable router boxes also do this for initial configs, logins.. Heck, Belkin did it randomly just for advertising purposes. Patenting such techniques is lawyers abusing inherent technological abilities of an advanced society.

We the geeks, in order to form a more advanced society, share knowledge and provide for the common good and promote the general welfare of good technology should [explictives and violence deleted per counsel] the patent lawyers who enact and enforce patents of common techniques and processes used by all for the common operations of the world.

Next, they'll be patenting breathing in though the nose.