diff --git a/dev/meterpreter/demo_socket.rb b/dev/meterpreter/demo_socket.rb
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+#!/usr/bin/ruby -I. -I../../lib
+
+require 'DemoClient'
+require 'Rex/Socket/Parameters'
+
+host   = ARGV[0] || '127.0.0.1'
+port   = ARGV[1] || '12345'
+client = DemoClient.new(host, port).client
+
+# Create a parameter representation class based on the perl-style hash
+# elements
+params = Rex::Socket::Parameters.new(
+		'PeerHost' => '128.242.160.3',
+		'PeerPort' => 80,
+		'Proto'    => 'tcp')
+
+# Create the socket for this connection
+socket = client.net.socket.create(params)
+
+# Send GET / HTTP/1.0
+socket.write("GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n")
+
+puts "HTTP Response:\n\n"
+# Read part of the response
+while ((data = socket.read) != nil)
+	puts "#{data}"
+end
+
+while (1)
+	select nil, nil, nil, 5
+end