testing open ports on the user's side

2004-05-28 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
Hi everyone, I'm working on a web site that includes streamed rich media files. I need a way to test to see which ports the user can access if they're behind a firewall. I'm guess that I need to try and send them an object (a picture maybe?) on one of the ports I need information about and then se

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

2004-05-28 Thread Joost De Cock
On Friday 28 May 2004 16:25, Emma Jane Hogbin hurled the following on the wire: > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 07:08:24AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > grab the plug-info from the users browser ( if its setup to tell you ) > > > > use nmap or any port scanner to see if you can scan that port you > > want

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

2004-05-28 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 28 May 2004, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > > any secure site will only allow port 80 or port 443 for web ... > > It's not the server I'm testing, it's the user. Some streaming video that "secure site" works both ways ... user or server .. > (RealPlayer) doesn't come through on regular port

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

2004-05-28 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 07:08:24AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > grab the plug-info from the users browser ( if its setup to tell you ) > > use nmap or any port scanner to see if you can scan that port you > want on their machine This is the one I need to know about. Sorry to be so dense, but if I g

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

2004-05-28 Thread Jacob S.
On Fri, 28 May 2004 09:59:20 -0400 Emma Jane Hogbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 10:32:20PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > I'm working on a web site that includes streamed rich media files. > > > I need a way to test to see which ports the user can access if > > > they're be

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

2004-05-28 Thread Joost De Cock
On Friday 28 May 2004 15:59, Emma Jane Hogbin hurled the following on the wire: > On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 10:32:20PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > I'm working on a web site that includes streamed rich media files. I > > > need a way to test to see which ports the user can access if they're > > > b

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

2004-05-28 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 10:32:20PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > I'm working on a web site that includes streamed rich media files. I need > > a way to test to see which ports the user can access if they're behind a > > firewall. I'm guess that I need to try and send them an object (a picture > > may

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

2004-05-27 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Fri, 28 May 2004, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > I'm working on a web site that includes streamed rich media files. I need > a way to test to see which ports the user can access if they're behind a > firewall. I'm guess that I need to try and send them an object (a picture > maybe?) on one o