[2192] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Accessing http://-files thu email
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (G. Foulds)
Sat Jun 1 20:29:28 1996
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 11:52:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: "G. Foulds" <gfoulds@asel.udel.edu>
To: DOEP DU PLESSIS <HJRDUPLESSIS@SGHQ.PWV.GOV.ZA>
cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <s1ad88ae.050@SGHQ.PWV.GOV.ZA>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Thu, 30 May 1996, DOEP DU PLESSIS wrote:
> Hallo there
> If I may ask a general, non security question : Is there any way to
> access a http://-file on email in stead of using a browser; for instance if
> you know exactly which file you want??
Not without coding your own daemon... But... there's an easier way though...
If you know the exact location of the file you want, just telnet to the
httpd port and manually request it.
{kluge:2} telnet www.asel.udel.edu 80
Trying 128.175.51.61...
Connected to www.asel.udel.edu.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /index.html
[... here's where index.html would be displayed ...]
Connection closed by foreign host.
That's all you have to do..
-greg
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