test a remote proxy from the command line

[cc]

hi

howto test a remote proxy from the command line ?
proxy port should be open:

# telnet 192.168.0.2 3128
Trying 192.168.0.2...
Connected to 192.168.0.2.
Escape character is '^]'.

but what are next steps to test HTTP ?

I have debian Etch stable on the local machine and on the proxy server.

[qhess77]

For advanced work on shell, you can use browser client like lynx or links2 (great )

To test HTTP with telnet you can insert this lines.

telnet ip 3328(or 80, 443)
Trying ip...
Connected to ip.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.1

And 2 presses on Enter key


GET (or HEAD,POST,FILE ...) is action.
/ is path (like http://youip/ => / )
HTTP/1.1 is protocol version

Next you can if the is Vhost put Host: directive.

Host: youdomain.com


There are a lot of directives HTTP like useragent, charset ...