> You can check this by telnetting to google.com
>
> try this:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ telnet google.com 80
> Trying 72.14.207.99...
> Connected to google.com (72.14.207.99).
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
>
> Once this prompt is available, issue the HTTP command
> "GET /" and press
> enter. You will get the following output
>
> GET /
> <HTML><HEAD><meta
> http-equiv="content-type"
> content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
> <TITLE>302
> Moved</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
> <H1>302 Moved</H1>
> The document has moved
> <A
> HREF="http://www.google.co.in/";>here</A>.
> </BODY></HTML>
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> Not sure whether your sify blocks telnet also. Just give a
> try when you are
> isolated from internet. If it works, then it is surely a
> browser problem.
>
>
> regards
> Muneer CH
>
I tried your suggestion, and this is the output I got:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# telnet google.com 80
Trying 64.233.167.99...
Connected to google.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
/GET
<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<title>400 Bad Request</title>
<style><!--
body {font-family: arial,sans-serif}
div.nav {margin-top: 1ex}
div.nav A {font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif}
span.nav {font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold}
div.nav A,span.big {font-size: 12pt; color: #0000cc}
div.nav A {font-size: 10pt; color: black}
A.l:link {color: #6f6f6f}
A.u:link {color: green}
//--></style>
<script><!--
var rc=400;
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body text=#000000 bgcolor=#ffffff>
<table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td rowspan=3
width=1% nowrap>
<b><font face=times color=#0039b6 size=10>G</font><font face=times
color=#c41200 size=10>o</font><font face=times color=#f3c518
size=10>o</font><font face=times color=#0039b6 size=10>g</font><font face=times
color=#30a72f size=10>l</font><font face=times color=#c41200
size=10>e</font> </b>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor=#3366cc><font face=arial,sans-serif
color=#ffffff><b>Error</b></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></tr></table>
<blockquote>
<H1>Bad Request</H1>
Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request.
<p>
</blockquote>
<table width=100% cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=#3366cc><img
alt="" width=1 height=4></td></tr></table>
</body></html>
Connection closed by foreign host.
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