Re: testing ports through network

From: Bit Tamer (NO_deemaq_at_yahoo.comSPAM)
Date: 05/30/04 

Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 22:25:28 GMT

Hmmm, you are "instructing the guys to have certain ports closed"...? If you
have specific ports you want closed, then allow me to read between the lines
and assume there is some specific activity you don't want happening on the
network. If you are prohibiting certain activity (outbound connections) then
why not just attempt to do the prohibited activity yourself and see if it
works?

Having said that, however, the topology of your internal network may support
multiple egress points, so while something may/may not work for you, other
internal users may get different results. Perhaps what you really need is a
rigorous change management process to control over the firewall/router
configs...

Bit Tamer

"Billy K" <billycomp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40b8aeb7@news.comindico.com.au...
> This isn't a host I am scanning though. What address do I enter to be
> scanned?
>
> I am trying to find out which ports can leave my network, out to the
> Internet. Example, which programs my users can use to connect outbound.
> Would a port scanner still do the job?
>
> If this was a host I was checking I would most definately be using a port
> scanner, but I am not sure what I am dealing with as it could be a router,
> proxy or some kind of firewall which I don't know the address. I just
need
> to know which ports my users have open to them.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Bit Tamer" <NO_deemaq@yahoo.comSPAM> wrote in message
> news:Bb%tc.7530$3x.1096@attbi_s54...
> > Take a look at the nmap tool. www.insecure.org Nice and simple port
> > scanner.
> >
> > Nessus, mentioned in the other post, does port scanning using nmap,
along
> > with many more security tests.
> >
> > Bit Tamer
> >
> > "Billy K" <billycomp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:40b87091$1@news.comindico.com.au...
> > > I need a method of testing ports from inside a network. I currently
do
> > not
> > > have control of the routers at work, however I am instructing the guys
> to
> > > have certain ports closed. How do I test this has been done?
> > >
> > > I have used telnet with hosts, but this is through a series of routers
> > which
> > > I may maynot have the IP addresses. Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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