> > nmap the machine, filter out known ports and try to connect to the > > remaining ones. just my idea ... > > Before doing that, at very least inform the sysadmin of the machine or, > better, ask him for permission to do it. People tend to get very nervous > upon detecting portscans, especially if they come from a "trusted" > computer on the internal "trusted" network. I, for one, would not be happy > to have people in the network I administer doing port scanning without > asking me or the other sysadmins. > that's sort of true. but if you ask the admin for permission to nmap the servers, you can ask him straight for the proxy port - and that would be probably the best way to go. but what's life without some excitement? ;-)=)
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