This is how to connect to a HTTP server using telnet. All commands are in bold. The [ENTER] below means press the enter key. Note that the enter key always needs to be hit twice after your done typing the last command. The [ENTER] below means hit the enter key.
Connect to the default website.
telnet example.org 80
You should recieve a reply to the effect of:
Trying 192.168.0.1...
Connected to example.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
Now we can send the get command to retrieve a page. Hit the enter key ([ENTER]) twice after the command.
GET / HTTP/1.0
[ENTER]
[ENTER]
Connect to a website that uses virtual hosts.
telnet example.org 80
You should recieve a reply to the effect of:
Trying 192.168.0.1...
Connected to example.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
Now we can send the get and host commands to retrieve a page. Hit the enter key ([ENTER]) twice after the host command.
GET / HTTP/1.1
[ENTER]
Host: www.example.org
[ENTER]
[ENTER]
Connect to a webserver and just get header info.
telnet example.org 80
You should recieve a reply to the effect of:
Trying 192.168.0.1...
Connected to example.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
Now we can send the head command to retrieve a page. Hit the enter key ([ENTER]) twice after the command.
HEAD / HTTP/1.0
[ENTER]
[ENTER]
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