Justin W wrote:
I don't know how to do CONNECT connexions except for https, but I gather it's a generic tunneling mechanism, and for sure I don't know everything, esp about this, but I'd be every bit as suspicious about that as you are.
I may be mistaken, but I /think/ CONNECT commands are used when accessing the web through a proxy, so basically I /think/ somebody is hoping to use you as a proxy which they can bounce traffic through anonymously.
I have done proxy requests, in REXX, back in my OS/2 days. All I needed to do was direct the request to the proxy, with the headers (including HOST) for the eventual host.
No CONNECT.