Port scan a remote pc?

All the online port scanners are to scan my ip address only. is there an
easy way to see what ports are open on a remote pc?.

i have tried to see if port 80 is open by typing:

ping ipaddress:80 - in msdos prompt but it doesnt work

any help appreciated




Gary

> All the online port scanners are to scan my ip address only. is there an
> easy way to see what ports are open on a remote pc?.

http://www.angryziber.com/ipscan/

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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:35:59 -0000, someone purporting to be "Gary"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> All the online port scanners are to scan my ip address only. is there an
> easy way to see what ports are open on a remote pc?.
>
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

john

"JohnT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:35:59 -0000, someone purporting to be "Gary"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> All the online port scanners are to scan my ip address only. is there
>> an
>> easy way to see what ports are open on a remote pc?.
>>
> https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
>


exactly what i have already tried, it scans MY ip address only?

Gary wrote:
> "JohnT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:35:59 -0000, someone purporting to be "Gary"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> All the online port scanners are to scan my ip address only. is
>>> there an
>>> easy way to see what ports are open on a remote pc?.
>>>
>> https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
>>
>
>
> exactly what i have already tried, it scans MY ip address only?

Unless you a hidden behind some type of proxy server GRC will scan your
IP, if you are behind a server it will scan that server

In message <43873d6e$0$9504$(E-Mail Removed)>, Gary
wrote:

> All the online port scanners are to scan my ip address only. is there
> an easy way to see what ports are open on a remote pc?.
>
> i have tried to see if port 80 is open by typing:
>
> ping ipaddress:80 - in msdos prompt but it doesnt work
>
> any help appreciated

There are various portscan utilities you can run but check your ISP's T&Cs
first because many of them have a prohibition against running portscans
against other machines. Some just say "no portscans", some add blurb about
permission from the owner of the machine being scanned (more sensible, it
can help to actively fix things with a friend on-line). Some probably
haven't even considered it.
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"Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed) please we're bristish.com> wrote
in message news:4387774b$0$9471$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Gary wrote:
>> "JohnT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:35:59 -0000, someone purporting to be "Gary"
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> All the online port scanners are to scan my ip address only. is
>>>> there an
>>>> easy way to see what ports are open on a remote pc?.
>>>>
>>> https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
>>>
>>
>>
>> exactly what i have already tried, it scans MY ip address only?
>
> Unless you a hidden behind some type of proxy server GRC will scan your
> IP, if you are behind a server it will scan that server


i have no idea what you mean, the webpage above does not appear to let you
specifiy the ip address you want to scan, i want to scan a remote pc (not
my pc/ip)

On Friday, in article
<(E-Mail Removed)>
noone$$@llondel.org "Dave {Reply Address in.Sig}" wrote:

> In message <43873d6e$0$9504$(E-Mail Removed)>, Gary
> wrote:
>
> > All the online port scanners are to scan my ip address only. is there
> > an easy way to see what ports are open on a remote pc?.
> >
> > i have tried to see if port 80 is open by typing:
> >
> > ping ipaddress:80 - in msdos prompt but it doesnt work
> >
> > any help appreciated
>
> There are various portscan utilities you can run but check your ISP's T&Cs
> first because many of them have a prohibition against running portscans
> against other machines. Some just say "no portscans", some add blurb about
> permission from the owner of the machine being scanned (more sensible, it
> can help to actively fix things with a friend on-line). Some probably
> haven't even considered it.

Port 80 is a web server, or is my wetware in Friday night mode?

If you're checking a specific machine/port combo, check for some
commands you can use, and try using telnet. I regularly do this with
port 119 on my ISP news server, and log the results of a LIST command.

A lot of the basic commands and responses on the Internet are human-
readable ASCII text.



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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:05:49 -0000, "Gary" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>i have no idea what you mean, the webpage above does not appear to let you
>specifiy the ip address you want to scan, i want to scan a remote pc (not
>my pc/ip)

I doubt that there are any Web-based tools that allow you to scan a
remote IP address because it would be open to abuse. Most ISPs
(including yours) prohibit port scanning unless you have the explicit
permission of the owner of the remote system.

If you just want to check whether a remote system is running a Web
server, either fire up your favourite browser and type
"http://1.2.3.4" or, in a DOS window, type "telnet 1.2.3.4 80", where
"1.2.3.4" is the IP address of the target system. The latter will
show you a blank telnet window if it works or an error message if
there's no response from the remote machine.

If you really want to do a port scan and have permission to do so,
there are several tools that will do it but you may well have to run
them on a better operating system.

Mike.

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In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, David G. Bell wrote:

> On Friday, in article
> <(E-Mail Removed)>
> noone$$@llondel.org "Dave {Reply Address in.Sig}" wrote:
>
>> In message <43873d6e$0$9504$(E-Mail Removed)>, Gary
>> wrote:
>>
>> > All the online port scanners are to scan my ip address only. is
>> > there an easy way to see what ports are open on a remote pc?.
>> >
>> > i have tried to see if port 80 is open by typing:
>> >
>> > ping ipaddress:80 - in msdos prompt but it doesnt work
>> >
>> > any help appreciated
>>
>> There are various portscan utilities you can run but check your ISP's
>> T&Cs first because many of them have a prohibition against running
>> portscans against other machines. Some just say "no portscans", some add
>> blurb about permission from the owner of the machine being scanned (more
>> sensible, it can help to actively fix things with a friend on-line). Some
>> probably haven't even considered it.
>
> Port 80 is a web server, or is my wetware in Friday night mode?
>
> If you're checking a specific machine/port combo, check for some
> commands you can use, and try using telnet. I regularly do this with
> port 119 on my ISP news server, and log the results of a LIST command.
>
> A lot of the basic commands and responses on the Internet are human-
> readable ASCII text.
>
I was assuming he wanted to find which ports rather than check a few
specific ones. I guess you could try a telnet to each port in turn but it
might be slow. Automated stuff such as nmap (of Matrix fame) is probably
not approved by some ISPs. I use telnet to check on specific ports, most
recently port 119 as well.
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