Re: Difference between HTTP request and Proxy requests

> I can telnet to a web server port 80 and issue a command like
> GET http://www.somedomain.com/
> ..and have it return the page

This is actually an invalid request as it is an HTTP 0.9 request
using a feature first introduced with HTTP 1.0 proxies.

The correct HTTP 0.9 request would be:

telnet www.somedomain.com 80
GET /

>
> What is the syntax to do this with a proxy?

If it supports HTTP 1.0:

telnet cache.someotherdomain.com 3128
GET http://www.somedomain.com/ HTTP/1.0
                          <---- This is a blank line

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