Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:55:31 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: Mohan Singh <mohansingh68@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: telnetting/netcatting into a DNS server? Message-ID: <cb5206420510251055g18189078h36c67110d738a4a6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420510251050g2cd5afefw985650fbeb11591a@mail.gmail.com> References: <48d803190510250633k93e3934n7f1dd2bca493e21e@mail.gmail.com> <cb5206420510251050g2cd5afefw985650fbeb11591a@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/25/05, Andrew P. <infofarmer@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/25/05, Mohan Singh <mohansingh68@gmail.com> wrote: > > Whenever I need to test a mail/ssh/web server, I usually just telnet or= nc > > into the appropriate port, i.e.: > > > > $ echo "GET / " |nc -v yahoo.com 80 > > > > $ nc -v localhost 22 > > Connection to localhost 22 port [tcp/ssh] succeeded! > > SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_4.2 > > > > How would I connect to a nameserver and talk to it so I can know it is > > working? I get as far as connecting to the port, but I don't know how t= o > > make it send back anything meaningful. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= .org" > > > > Why don't you read the netcat manpage for starters? > Oh, I'm mighty sorry. I was sure the exact example was there, but I reread now - and there is none. I will post a link here as soon as I find it.
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