[ale] RDP Throwin' Cannot-Find-Host Error

Sean McNealy sean.mcnealy at gmail.com
Fri Jan 9 16:10:48 EST 2009


> I can certainly look into that when I get home.  I new to all of this, so
> SSH, Telnet, RDP, they're all new.  I'll have to look into how to telnet
> into my machine.

What I'm suggesting is a telnet to the RDP port (RDP and telnet are
both TCP).  A "telnet [hostname] 3389" command.  It's not entirely
meaningful, but can tell you something.  After you start the session,
type a couple letters.  If it responds with either garbage or the
cursor flying around this at least tells you that the port is open for
connections from the machine you're on.  If it says you never got a
connection, you know the port's blocked somewhere.

> As for firewall, are you talking about a software or
> hardware firewall?  Thanks for the response.
>
> --
> Marc F.

I was originally thinking software on your linux box.  However, if all
your testing has been done remotely from your home network, it may be
your ISP blocking that port.  You'll want to route a different
external port from your router, this also makes it so your service
doesn't show up in scans.

-Sean


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