How can I programmatically test an HTTP connection?
Using Java, how can I test that a URL is contactable, and returns a valid response? http://stackoverflow.com/about ...
http-connection
Why are my ASP.NET pages returning `200 OK` without any authentication headers being sent?
Note: This question has broadened in scope from previous revisions. I have tried to simplify the issue so it can be easily reproduced by anyone. Using Fiddler, I can replay an arbitrary request to my default page after erasing my Authorization header from the HTTP request, and I am able to get a response of 200 OK with valid data. ...