Rich wrote: > Hello! > > I've written a port scanner for Android. It works properly when using > a connection over Wifi, but on the mobile (3G) connection, everything > reports a false positive. > > Why is this? I don't know very much about the way the mobile data > network is structured and I'd like to know more. Is my service > provider meddling with the connections, or have I just done something > wrong?
I'd flip the question around: are you aware of port scanners that work on other mobile platforms over their 3G connections, particularly T-Mobile's? For example, is there a port scanner for Windows Mobile that works over T-Mobile's 3G? If this has been done before, just not on Android, then your problems may be an Android issue. However, it wouldn't shock me if there's something funky with the way that 3G is implemented that might confound a port scanner, or something odd in the way T-Mobile has set up firewalls and routers that might cause strange results. If that's the case, though, then there might be information associated with other port scanner projects that might explain the behavior and document any possible workarounds. The only port scanner I have much personal experience with is nmap, and I do not see much one way or the other about using nmap over T-Mobile's 3G. With luck, you'll get a more definitive response to your query -- I'm mentioning this as an alternative path of investigation. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training in Sweden -- http://www.sotrium.com/training.php --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
