Windows: Get HTTP Header of a Web Page using Telnet

You can see the HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) header from a web site using the standard Telnet program that comes with Windows. For example, to see the header from the root page of the Microsoft web site, do these steps:

1. Start a DOS command prompt
2. From the command prompt type

   telnet www.microsoft.com 80

3. Turn on localecho so you can see what you are doing.
   1. Type Ctrl+] (hold down the Ctrl key and press the right bracket)
   2. Type

      set localecho

   3. Press Enter on a blank line
4. type

   GET / HTTP/1.1
   Host: www.microsoft.com

5. Press Enter twice