RE : [hobbit] UDP Port Testing

["FIGARO Nicolas" <nfigaro (at) effigie.fr>]

You can also try to use hping in an external script. 

But as Henrik wrote, you can't be sure you'll have an answer 
if a service/daemon is listening to that UDP port. 

You can find some infos about hping (with UDP examples) at this URL : 
http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=258387

Nicolas Figaro 


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> De : Jeff Stuart [mailto:jeff (at) myinternetservices.com] 
> Envoyé : jeudi 24 novembre 2005 06:09
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> Objet : [hobbit] UDP Port Testing
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> Does anyone know of a plugin (or a way) to test a UDP port?  
> Yes, I know that may sound strange (IE UDP IS stateless) but 
> I need to be able to basically test if a port responds or not. 
> 
> Or failing that.  I seem to remember a long time ago a plugin 
> for BB that used the qstat game server query program to test 
> game servers. 
> Does that ring a bell to anyone? 
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