[SOLVED] Connection closed by foreign host

kumpaka · 01-01-2011, 11:31 PM

Hi there,

Im trying to connect to the wikipedia and this is what i get,

telnet en.wikipedia.org 80
Trying 91.198.174.232...
Connected to text.esams.wikimedia.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /wiki/Main_Page HTTP/1.1
Connection closed by foreign host.

Suddenly the connection gets dropped i have no idea what im doing wrong any help is appreciated.

AlucardZero · 01-02-2011, 09:39 AM

Why?

You specify HTTP/1.1 but then do not follow the protocol. Either do:

Code:

GET /wiki/Main_Page HTTP/1.0

or

Code:

GET /wiki/Main_Page HTTP/1.1
Host: en.wikipedia.org

(include those newlines exactly!)

If you want to do raw HTTP over telnet like that, then you'll need to follow the protocol more closely if you want it to work.

kumpaka · 01-02-2011, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlucardZero

Why?

You specify HTTP/1.1 but then do not follow the protocol. Either do:

Code:

GET /wiki/Main_Page HTTP/1.0

or

Code:

GET /wiki/Main_Page HTTP/1.1
Host: en.wikipedia.org

(include those newlines exactly!)

If you want to do raw HTTP over telnet like that, then you'll need to follow the protocol more closely if you want it to work.

Thanks for your reply, the problem is i dont have enough time to write that "Host: en.wikipedia.org", the connection gets closed on me and i already tried 1.0 only to have it closed on me aswell =(

kumpaka · 01-02-2011, 02:09 PM

Sorry, you were right i only had to type it fast and that last newline i was missing it =( got it solved thanks a lot.