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Old 05-08-2009, 03:43 PM   #1
surya_prakash
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how to connect to a open port


how to establish a connection to a open port in linux server?
 
Old 05-08-2009, 03:45 PM   #2
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You use the appropriate client software...
 
Old 05-08-2009, 03:47 PM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by surya_prakash View Post
how to establish a connection to a open port in linux server?
If you're wanting to test to see if the port answers you can attempt to do a "telnet hostname portnumber", otherwise you'll need appropriate client connection software (unless it's a protocol like pop, smtp, http, etc that you know enough of to trade commands with.)

An example being:
Code:
telnet www.linuxquestions.org 80
GET /

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Old 05-08-2009, 06:02 PM   #4
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You could also use the nc(netcat) command to check.
 
  


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