[plug] [OT] http: different results from browser and telnet

[Carl Gherardi]

This has me a bit bemused.

This has come about from a search using opendirectory

http://dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=redhat+linux

go to
www.badclicks.com/ in a browser (lynx or netscape)

now try


[carlos at b501f22 leftfield]$ telnet www.badlinks.com 80
Trying 216.226.146.214...
Connected to www.badlinks.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / <---- Type this

and you get a completely different page (might i add a umm... sleazy one
too)

WTF?

There doesn't appear to be any page forwarding etc in the source returned
by telnet, and i find it difficult to beleive a pr0n site would give up a
hit to a browser.

Can someone give me a plausible explanation of this?

Thanks

Carl