Re: [OT] viewing HTTP headers in IE/Firefox

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There's also a great tool by Microsoft[1] (now there's an oxymoron for
you :-)) called Fiddler[2] which is basically a proxy server that sits
on your local machine and lets you inspect all the HTTP traffic (as well
as build your own requests).  The only major drawback is that since it's
a separate proxy and not a browser plug-in, it can't spy on HTTPS.

  Issac

[1] Well, technically it's made by a Microsoft employee, but apparently
with their "blessing"
[2] http://www.fiddlertool.com/fiddler/

Tony Clayton wrote:
> This is off-topic for this list, but I thought I'd just mention for those that
> are troubleshooting HTTP issues, there are useful plugins for both IE and
> Firefox that show you both incoming and outgoing HTTP headers, including through
> https connections.
> 
> For IE, there is an IE Explorer Bar add-on called ieHTTPHeaders:
>   http://www.blunck.info/iehttpheaders.html
> You'll probably need to reboot after installing it for it to show up.
> 
> For Firefox, there is an extension called LiveHTTPHeaders:
>   http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/
> I think it might work with Mozilla as well, but I haven't tried it.
> 
> As always with software, use at your own risk.  They work great for me.
> 
> I thought this was of some relevance to this list, as many people using mod_perl
> tend to do its powerful header management capabilities.
> 
> Tony