[yardstick]

OP is only correct if using HTTP/1.1 and not 1.0 or 0.9.

I’ve done plenty of telnets using 1.0 without the need for the host header. Just depends on if the server is a dedicated server or running a bunch of hosts (and the default host isn’t the one you want).

[daveevad]

  Connected to motherfuckingwebsite.com.

  Escape character is '^]'.

  GET / HTTP/1.0

  HTTP/1.0 200 OK