App for sending arbitary http headers

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Ollie Saunders
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App for sending arbitary http headers

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Does anyone know a good tool for sending arbitary headers in http requests? In particular I need to modify the post data a form sends. This is to test my app for resistance against this kind of hacking.
I did use tamper data an extension for firefox but now it crashes firefox every time i try and use it, and it had other bugs too.

I thought about making requests via JavaScript but a little app would be easier.

edit: i've just read that the crash is because I use google accelerator. So I'm ok for now.
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Telnet works well for testing... Connect, send headers, watch response...
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yeah that is always an option. my knowledge of http isn't quite good enough and its tedious work even if i was an expert. tamper data seems to be working pretty well now and i only need it for a couple of things.
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