On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 02:55:54PM -0600, Joel Sherrill wrote: > > Also my standard test of "telnet localhost portnumber" does not > seem to work for 177 even though it is enabled. This is probably > a UDP/TCP issue but that test was bogus. VNC/XDM works now and > I still can't telnet to that port.
Yeah, XDMCP runs on UDP/177, which is why it can't easily be secured over SSH or tested with telnet. You can use netcat or nmap to test for it. -- Mike Ossmann, Tarantella/UNIX Engineer/Instructor Alternative Technology, Inc. http://www.alttech.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
