[SGVLUG] wget DSLExtreme account statement?

[Emerson, Tom (*IC)]

> -----Original Message----- Of John E. Kreznar
[...]
> [q: how to get monthly billing statement from a web-server w/out a
GUI]
> 
> I've been using the two-stage "--save-cookies/--load-cookies" 
> approach described in wget(1) for the --post-data option, and 
> working from the logfile of a successful lynx fetch of the 
> account statement.  [...]

When it comes to questions like this, I usually think of Ethereal first
-- then you're pretty much guaranteed to see what /really/ transpires
between your browser and the server (i.e., the browser's "log" may be
ommiting details that, to a browser are trivial and expected, and to a
human would be downright boring, but are ultimately required to complete
the "transaction")

Unfortunately, most implementations of ethereal are gui based --
tracking the "meta" information about a comm protocol tends to get very
verbose.  I know "under the hood", ethereal uses libpcap to actually
capture the packet data, which is not dependent on any form of display,
so it's really a matter of deciphering what transpired.

Hmmm... Guess I'm a little behind on things (so what's new?)  I see from
this press release
(http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb396098.htm) that the NAME was
changed to "wireshark" about a year ago (May/June of 2006)