WebClient vs. HttpWebRequest/HttpWebResponse
Using HttpWebRequest gives you more control on the request. You can set cookies, headers, protocol, etc… In the response, you can also retrieve the cookies and headers
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Get HTTP requests and responses made using HttpWebRequest/HttpWebResponse to show in Fiddler
The Fiddler FAQ gives the answer to this. You essentially route your HTTP traffic through Fiddler (i.e. Use Fiddler as a proxy). Here’s some links that will help: Fiddler Web Debugging – Configuring Clients Which in turn links to here: Take the Burden Off Users with Automatic Configuration in .NET You can achieve this via … Read more
Uses of content-disposition in an HTTP response header
Note that RFC 6266 supersedes the RFCs referenced below. Section 7 outlines some of the related security concerns. The authority on the content-disposition header is RFC 1806 and RFC 2183. People have also devised content-disposition hacking. It is important to note that the content-disposition header is not part of the HTTP 1.1 standard. The HTTP … Read more