curl

Browser is one way how normal user interact with the web. However, it is not the only way (User-Agent). Another way is using curl command. Here are some common options:

• • X - method used
• -d - define the data curl -X POST -d "username=user&password=user&submit=Login" http://MACHINE_IP/post.php
• -i - to view the detailed return
• -c - save cookies curl -c cookies.txt -d "username=admin&password=admin" http://MACHINE_IP/session.php
• -b - resued the saved cookies curl -b cookies.txt http://MACHINE_IP/session.php
• -A - custom user agent curl -A "internalcomputer" http://MACHINE_IP/ua_check.php
• -v - verbose mode, shows hearder and response