Development Notebook

How to do a HTTP request with authentication by hand:

1. Let's say your user:pass is fred:supersecret
   
2. /bin/echo -n "fred:supersecret" > /tmp/x
   
3. uuencode -m /tmp/x /tmp/y
   You'll get:
   begin-base64 644 /tmp/y
   ZnJlZDpzdXBlcnNlY3JldA==
   ====
   
4. Copy the ZnJIZ... string (including the == at the end) to your cut buffer. This is your uuencoded user:password.
   
5. telnet ip.or.host 80
   
6. Type in: GET /path/to/file.html HTTP/1.0
   
7. Optionally type in: HOST: www.yourserver.com
   
8. Type in: Authorization: BASIC ZnJlZDpzdXBlcnNlY3JldA==
   
9. Type in: A Blank line
   
10. You should get the output web page now.
    

# posted by John : 11:44 PM