$ ncat -C --ssl news.ycombinator.com 443 <<EOF GET / HTTP/1.1 host: news.ycombinator.com EOF Works for me, no compression. Maybe you messed so

$ ncat -C --ssl news.ycombinator.com 443 <<EOF GET / HTTP/1.1 host: news.ycombinator.com EOF Works for me, no compression. Maybe you messed something up or maybe there's a non-compliant proxy between you and the rest of the internet?