Grab page over http, like in cfhttp. Had to fetch directory index from an old Fedora 4 box and cfhttp did not return it. This seems to do the trick.

httppage.cfm

<cffunction name="httppage" access="public" returnType="any" output="no">
    <cfargument name ="source"          type="any"  required="true"/>

    <cfset local.urlconnection     = createObject("java", "java.net.URL").init(javaCast('string',arguments.source))>
    <cfset local.Connection        = local.urlconnection..openConnection() />
    <cfset local.Connection.connect() />
    <cfset local.InputStreamReader = createObject("java", "java.io.InputStreamReader").init(local.Connection.getInputStream()) />
    <cfset local.BufferedReader    = createObject("java", "java.io.BufferedReader").init(local.InputStreamReader) >
    <cfset local.Page              = arrayNew(1) />
    <cfloop condition="#yesNoFormat(local.BufferedReader.ready())#">
        <cfset arrayAppend(local.Page,local.BufferedReader.readLine())>
    </cfloop>

    <cfreturn local.Page>
</cffunction>