[thelist] Password Protection-Multiple Tries

[Scott Dexter]

> I also should add that I tried to telnet to that webserver 
> and send it some 
> GET commands manually and it printed out some wierd message 
> that I wasn't 
> using a browser that understood proper web protocols.   If 

were you sending GET commands without handshaking first? --There are some
headers you have to send before the GET, otherwise you're not adhering to
the protocol and the server is providing the proper response.

sgd