<div dir="ltr">Oblivious me. I missed the URL in Mindy's OP.<div><br></div><div>Telnet to port 80 is not a valid test for the https link. The https server is running on port 443. Further, a simple telnet to port 443 won't work. However, you can use OpenSSL to test the SSL web server on 443.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's a link describing the procedure.</div><div><a href="http://www.bearfruit.org/2008/04/17/telnet-for-testing-ssl-https-websites/">http://www.bearfruit.org/2008/04/17/telnet-for-testing-ssl-https-websites/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you don't have a linux machine handy or aren't familiar with linux, there could be a way to do it in Windows, but here's an easy way to add another tool to your toolbox:</div><div><br></div><div>1) Download and burn a knoppix linux boot image to a CD/DVD. (Explore. You may come to regard this as a useful tool for partitioning hard drives and/or accessing/recovering files on an NTFS (Windows) partition without needing to boot Windows.)</div><div><a href="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html">http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>2) Boot to knoppix on any old computer. It won't affect the Windows OS installed there (unless you deliberately open the file manager and start poking around in the Windows partitions on the hard drive.)</div><div><br></div><div>3) Open gedit ("Start menu" -> Accessories -> gedit</div><div><br></div><div>4) In gedit, type the following (exactly...case sensitive) and copy it to the clipboard (ie. copy/paste). You'll probably notice this is part of Mindy's problem URL:</div><div>GET /CreateLabel.aspx?MRSID=313600&DisplayType=Customer&ShippingInfoIncluded=No</div><div><br></div><div>5) Now open a terminal session (ie. command prompt, DOS prompt, console prompt, etc.):</div><div>"Start menu" -> Accessories -> LXTerminal</div><div><br></div><div>6) To establish your https session, type: </div><div>openssl s_client -connect <a href="http://returns.usps.com:443">returns.usps.com:443</a> <hit enter></div><div><br></div><div>7) In 6), you should have seen the server's response and SSL/cert information. After that displays, paste the GET request you copied to the clipboard and hit <enter> twice. You should see the website data coming through (many lines of code).</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full LAN/WAN consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</i></font><br></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Michael Vollmar-Grone <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vollmami@oplin.org" target="_blank">vollmami@oplin.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Had a similar issue recently with not being able to print either a
FedEx or UPS return label. <br>
No solution found here, just adding to the problem.<br>
mike<span class=""><br>
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<span>On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Mindy Holmes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holmesme@oplin.org" target="_blank">holmesme@oplin.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
</span> I am experiencing a unique problem. There is a particular
website that won't load within our library (I will list the URL
below). It is a link to the USPS to print a return label for
Alibris. The link does not work on any PC in our network. Here is
what I have tried:<br>
<br>
<ul>
<li>Mulitiple Browsers</li>
<li>Multiple Browser with not add-ons</li>
<li>Temporarily disabling antivirus software</li>
<li>Watching the traffic pass through the firewall - no blocks</li>
<li>Plugging a laptop that the linked worked on from home directly
into our OPLIN router</li>
<li>Pinging the IP address for the site</li>
<li>Telnet to the site on port 80 and running - GET / HTTP/1.1
host:<a href="http://returns.usps.com" target="_blank">returns.usps.com</a>
(which does respond as it should)</li>
</ul>
<br>
The link still will not load. It just endlessly cycles and
eventually times out. I am sure there is a needle in the haystack
I have missed. Any thoughts on what this could be are greatly
appreciated. Here is the ornery URL:<br>
<br>
<span><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="https://returns.usps.com/CreateLabel.aspx?MRSID=313600&DisplayType=Customer&ShippingInfoIncluded=No" target="_blank">https://returns.usps.com/CreateLabel.aspx?MRSID=313600&DisplayType=Customer&ShippingInfoIncluded=No</a></span></span><span><font color="#888888"><br>
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Mindy Holmes<br>
Mason Public Library<br>
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Michael Vollmar-Grone
Director of Technical Services
Shelby County Libraries
230 East North Street
Sidney, OH 45365
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