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