From: Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...>
Date: 2008-11-06T01:46:46+09:00
Subject: Re: What's the Best Way to Mimic an HTTP Request?

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Daniel Miessler <daniel@dmiessler.com> wrote:

> The problem is that I keep getting a redirect
> (#<Net::HTTPMovedPermanently:0xb7c35ffc>), which doesn't happen when I
> make the request from a regular browser.

Actually, it does -- you just don't see it.

When you request  e.g. `http::/example.com` most servers will send
a redirect to the default page, e.g. `http://example.com/index.html`.

You need to either handle it or pass the default page's full URL.

HTH,
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Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroeder@gmail.com