Michael Ossmann wrote: > > 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.
If you could give instructions on how to test the various ports to show they are alive, that would be great debugging info for the writeup. > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Joel Sherrill, Ph.D. Director of Research & Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] On-Line Applications Research Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS Huntsville AL 35805 Support Available (256) 722-9985 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
