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[SQLWilts]

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right forum but...
I am trying to set up an alert system on our Windows servers. Scripting the alerts will come later, but I am currently in the position where we have a program sat on a server that monitors a port for messages (we have a number of servers that are monitored, but the customers won't pay for it to be rolled out to everyone).
Anyway, I want to send a message to port 5000 on this server. I have tried the following at the command prompt:
echo "Hello World" > telnet 1.1.1.1 5000
I am using a sniffer on a test server to see the message, but this doesn't appear to work - any ideas anyone?

 

[Serbtastic]

Do you have a telnet daemon listening at port 5000 on the server?

 

[SQLWilts]

Serbtastic,

I am assuming that we do as the Unix guys send a message using a similar syntax but it doesn't seem to work in Windows. All I want to do is send a simple on line string to a port on the server - as you quite rightly said, I think that there may be a daemon listening on the other end.

 

[Serbtastic]

Can you telnet directly to it on port 5000?

 

[SQLWilts]

yup

 

[Serbtastic]

Why can't you telnet first, then once connected echo "Hello World"?

 

[SQLWilts]

Its possible, but I need this to be an automated process, that may have to run in the middle of the night. If I need to use a series of connection strings, along with passwords, it will sit in plain text.

As I have said, our Unix guys use
echo "Hello World" ¦ telnet 1.1.1.1 5000
I am SURE that you can do a similar thing in Windows!

 

[pansophic]

Get a copy of netcat and try using it to send the message. There are scripting examples available on the website

http://www.vulnwatch.org/netcat/

There is a GNU netcat project, but they aren't supporting Windows yet.


pansophic

 

[chris13]

There are some ports of netcat for windows.

see

http://www.vulnwatch.org/netcat

or search for nc111nt.zip

bye,
chris

 

[pansophic]

The version of netcat that runs on Windows is the original Hobbit code. The version GNU created has not been ported....yet.


pansophic

 

[chris13]

That's true. But even if it's not from GNU, that version does what I need.

chris

 

[speshalyst]

you can get nc111nt.zip here..

http://www.governmentsecurity.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2084

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