Carlos -- ...and then Carlos E. R. said... % ... % cer@Telcontar:~> telnet isengard.valinor 80 % Trying 192.168.1.16... % Connected to isengard.valinor. % Escape character is '^]'. % hi? ... % % Apache does talk, but I do not know the language. [snip] Try GET / when you connect. davidtg@gezebel:~> telnet justpickone.org 80 Trying 74.208.250.170... Connected to justpickone.org. Escape character is '^]'. GET / <html> <head> </head> <title>secure</title> <body bgcolor=#FFFFFF text=#001C66> secure </body> </html> Connection closed by foreign host. davidtg@gezebel:~> You need to send standard HTTP commands; a GET is the easiest. HTH & HNY :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org