[2207] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Accessing http://-files thu email
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brent Barnhill)
Wed Jun 5 01:20:10 1996
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 21:52:26 -0500 (CDT)
From: Brent Barnhill <hey@qni.com>
To: "G. Foulds" <gfoulds@asel.udel.edu>
Cc: DOEP DU PLESSIS <HJRDUPLESSIS@SGHQ.PWV.GOV.ZA>,
www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960530114818.9047B-100000@dirac>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
oh...wait...so after I type in telnet acad.nwmissouri.edu or whatever,
how do I get the opportunity to type GET <filename>? Can you explain what
keys to press on the keyboard? I know hwo to telnet but I am unsure of
what you are doing. thanks
On Thu, 30 May 1996, G. Foulds wrote:
> 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
> Subject: Re: Accessing http://-files thu email
>
> 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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> Greg Foulds -- /<luge
> PGP Key fingerprint = 7C 58 9B A1 CB 09 91 16 ED EE 51 DD 96 0E 6E 4D
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>
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