No it comes back right away. The box is running DG-UX so it could be something screwy with the no printable characters. What can I provide you that might help debug this?
Thanks! vjl -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Renaud Deraison Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:48 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: SMTP identification issue. On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:45:22PM -0500, larosa, vjay wrote: > unknown protocol running on port 25. This is the banner I get when I telnet > to port 25. > > telnet 10.10.10.25 > Trying 10.10.10.25... > Connected to 10.10.10.25. > Escape character is '^]'. > > 220 mail.vj.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 19:45:33 -0500 > (EST) > Is there any delay between the time you see " Escape character is '^]'." and the time you actually see the banner ? It could simply be a story of reverse DNS lookup taking time and preventing the scan. -- Renaud
