Browser
A modern browser is more than just a tool to access content on the internet. It includes tools to dissect elements of a website, inspect traffic, and even execute code. This side of a browser is called developer tools. The exact key binds may vary but pressing F12
or Control + Shift + I
should call up the Developer Tools tab. Perform the following steps to get to know it better:
- Open Google Chrome or any other browser.
- Navigate to google.com. Press the keys
Control + Shift + I
. - Go to
Network
(1
). The following window should be displayed:
- Select the first entry, www.google.com (
2
). - Click
Headers
(3
). - In the
General
(4
) section, you can observe the effects when you navigated to google.com. The first thing that happened wasHTTP GET
request was sent to https://www.google.com/. - In the
Request Headers
section (5
), you can see the metadata sent with the...