Re: help: httpurlconnection to login.yahoo.com over an insecure connection

From: Roedy Green (see_at_mindprod.com.invalid)
Date: 04/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 08:59:54 GMT

On 24 Apr 2004 22:21:51 -0700, andrzejsemeniuk@yahoo.com (andrzej
semeniuk) wrote or quoted :

>i'm trying to log in to yahoo from a java application and am having
>problem figuring out what parameters to pass and which method to use.
>i use an httpurlconnection and attempt to send a 'get' message to
>login.yahoo.com, similarly as the javascript embedded in the yahoo
>login page. i use an md5 algorithm (java.security.MessageDigest).
>below is the code that causes me problems. the algorithm is as
>follows:

Here are some tools that may help you.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/sniffer.html for protocol sniffers so
you can watch exactly what your browser does.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/fileio.html so you can see how to do
the posts and gets in Java. 

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