Comment Re:(binary protocol)-- (Score 1) 171
echo -en "HEAD / HTTP/1.1\nHost: slashdot.org\nConnection: close\n\n" | openssl s_client -ign_eof -host slashdot.org -port 443 -servername slashdot.org
Thanks, Lennie. I'm self-learning the whole HTTP (simple) and TLS (not simple) protocols out of interest as I work as an ad-hoc server admin (devops). This one-liner answers a whole slew of questions that I had, and points me in the direction to learn others. Thank you!