Re: HEAD request

["Mike Klingler" <whitehatguru () gmail com>]

If you are unsure of how to format the request properly, just use curl
-I  (capital i)
That will give you the headers for any given request.  Quite useful
and a lot easy to remember than the format of a request.

On 9/11/06, StyleWar <stylewar () cox net> wrote:
> I doubt it...Tell us exactly what steps you're using to issue the request...
> maybe that will help.
>
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>
> StyleWar
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: listbounce () securityfocus com
> > [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of vijay shetti
> > Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 3:14 AM
> > To: pen-test () securityfocus com
> > Subject: HEAD request
> >
> > Hello all!!!
> >
> > I am doing assessment of a web server
> >
> > When I issue HEAD request using nc I don't get any response
> > from the webserver and I get disconnected after some time.
> > What should i conclude from that?Does it mean that the
> > administrator has blocked HEAD requests?
> >
> > regards,
> > Vijay
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