httptest - Cyrus IMAP documentation
Interactive HTTP test program.
httptest [ -t keyfile ] [ -p port ] [ -m mechanism ] [ -a userid ]
[ -u userid ] [ -k num ] [ -l num ] [ -r realm ] [ -f file ]
[ -n num ] [ -s ] [ -c ] [ -i ] [ -v ] [ -w passwd ] [ -o option=value ] hostname
This is actually installed as a hard linked copy of imtest(1).
httptest is a utility that allows you to authenticate to a
HTTP server and interactively issue requests to it. Once authenticated you
may issue any HTTP request by simply typing it in. It is capable of multiple
SASL authentication mechanisms and handles encryption layers transparently.
This utility is often used for testing the operation of an http server. Also
those developing HTTP clients find it useful.
- -t keyfile
- Enable TLS. keyfile contains the TLS public and private keys.
Specify "" to negotiate a TLS encryption layer but not
use TLS authentication.
- -p port
- Port to connect to. If left off this defaults to http as defined in
/etc/services.
- -m mechanism
- Force httptest to use mechanism for authentication. If not
specified, the strongest authentication mechanism supported by the server
is chosen. Specify one of Basic, Digest, NTLM, or
Negotiate (GSS-SPNEGO).
- -a userid
- Userid to use for authentication; defaults to the current user. This is
the userid whose password or credentials will be presented to the server
for verification.
- -u userid
- Userid to use for authorization; defaults to the current user. This is the
userid whose identity will be assumed after authentication.
- -k num
- Minimum protection layer required.
- -l num
- Maximum protection layer to use (0=none; 1=integrity; etc).
For example if you are using the KERBEROS_V4 authentication mechanism
specifying 0 will force imtest to not use any layer and specifying
1 will force it to use the integrity layer. By default the maximum
supported protection layer will be used.
- -r realm
- Specify the realm to use. Certain authentication mechanisms (e.g.
DIGEST-MD5) may require one to specify the realm.
- -f file
- Pipe file into connection after authentication.
- -n num
- Number of authentication attempts; default = 1. The client will attempt to
do SSL/TLS session reuse and/or fast reauth (e.g. DIGEST-MD5), if
possible.
- -s
- Enable HTTP over SSL (https).
- -c
- Enable challenge prompt callbacks. This will cause the OTP mechanism to
ask for the the one-time password instead of the secret pass-phrase
(library generates the correct response).
- -i
- Don't send an initial client response for SASL mechanisms, even if the
protocol supports it.
- -v
- Verbose. Print out more information than usual.
- -w
- Password to use (if not supplied, we will prompt).
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