Allow redirects off-domain for authentication

[mdekstrand]

I would like to use my university's Google with GApps Browser. The authentication flow, however, redirects from Google to a university authentication page, and then back to Google. If I try this in GApps Browser, the university auth page opens in my default browser.

A couple potential solutions:

• Detect redirects (in an authentication flow?) vs. links, and handle them differently. Might break links that bounce through Google for tracking and then redirect off-site, though.
• Provide a 'turn off capture' mode that opens all pages in the GApps Browser. I could turn this on when I'm completing the auth flow, and turn it back to normal once I'm authenticated and have a Google cookie.

[tobykurien]

Is it not possible to authenticate to the university proxy using your default browser before launching GApps Browser? You should only need to authenticate to GApps browser once in a few weeks (based on Google's access token expiry), so this shouldn't be happening each time you use the app.

[mdekstrand]

It's not a proxy issue, it's a Google authentication flow issue. Google hands off authentication to university servers via redirects (like OAuth, although likely using a different technology). This is needed to get the Google session cookie so Google knows that I am logged in.

[tobykurien]

Could you send me a log of the redirects and http requests (you can redact cookie values, etc.) so that I can see what's going on?

[tobykurien]

Closing this issue due to lack of info.