Retrieving website data using TELNET

By donchen
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McSmiggins

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I think you actually want:

telnet <host> 80

GET / HTTP/1.1

Host: <url>

<hit return twice>

eg for google:

telnet www.google.com 80

GET / HTTP/1.1

Host: www.google.com

<hit return twice>

Also, be very sure to type it correctly the first time, the delete key is just sent as a character for telnet, so the actual command the server gets is a mess

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+BudMan MVC

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Well from you post -- it would seem he was on linux shell?

Works fine from there

$ telnet www.google.com 80

Trying 208.67.217.231...

Connected to google.navigation.opendns.com.

Escape character is '^]'.

get http://www.google.com

<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859 -1"><title>Google</title><style>body,td,a,p,.h{font-family:arial,sans-serif}.h{f ont-size:20px}.h{color:#3366cc}.q{color:#00c}.ts td{padding:0}.ts{border-collaps e:collapse}#gbar{float:left;font-weight:bold;height:22px;

<snipped>

The MS telnet client is not very good ;) use cygwin if your stuck on a windows box

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donchen

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Yeah. My lecturer is on a Linux shell.

But whatever it is, it should also be working on windows right ?

I also tried using a telnet program call PUTTY. I got the same results.

What is wrong ? Could it be because i am behind a firewall ? Or i am on a router ?

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donchen

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  markjensen said:
Yeah, we have a router.

If you can ping google, you should be able to retrieve the webpage (with the get / command)

You are putting a space there, right?

I can ping google with no problem. I can't even connect to google with my telnet nonetheless typing the get / command.

  lonelycooler said:
If your using vista telnet will come back as unrecognized.

I used Vista's and also XP's ones also can't work.

  Maximum Error said:
If you are using vista you will have to install the telnet client from the turn windows features section in control panel>programs........

I have already on that feature and i can run telnet on Vista. Just can't connect to it.

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  markjensen said: 
telnet www.google.com 80
get /

And I get the page served to me.

Worked on my Linux box. Worked on my wife's XP box.

Yup works fine here on xp as well.. Just not as pretty ;)

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Use the command as mark posted it.

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+BudMan MVC

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yeah ;) use a web browser vs telnet to access http :rofl:

Or if you want to duplicate what your teacher was doing -- use the same telnet client/os he was -- ie linux.

You could try hitting it using the telnet under cygwin.

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