Monitor a specific port
I see that netstat can tell me if an IP port is in use and can give me per-protocol traffic, but I need to know if there is any traffic over a specific port.
Specifically, we have an application that keeps port 15032 open all the time. There will be times when we need to unload that app, do some things, the restart the app, but I don't want to stop that app until the port has been idle for several minutes.
If possible, I'd like to use an extant utility whose stdout I can parse for port-specific traffic counts, otherwise it will take me a week or so to write one.
Anyone know of such a utility? Undocumented options to netstat? Something everyone knows about that my pea brain has overlooked in its dotage?
tia...
Specifically, we have an application that keeps port 15032 open all the time. There will be times when we need to unload that app, do some things, the restart the app, but I don't want to stop that app until the port has been idle for several minutes.
If possible, I'd like to use an extant utility whose stdout I can parse for port-specific traffic counts, otherwise it will take me a week or so to write one.
Anyone know of such a utility? Undocumented options to netstat? Something everyone knows about that my pea brain has overlooked in its dotage?
tia...
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Looks like I'm gonna hafta do some coding.
WinPCap's a winner.
WinPCap's a winner.
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Finding out what Ports are open
TO find out what ports are open/exposed do the following
Start >Run >type "cmd" {enter}
At the command line type "netstat -a" {enter}
The list displayed shows "Listening ports" and established "Who is on the other end" connections to yout computer.
WARNING
This is a list of common Trojan/Backdoor Port numbers
http://www.sans.org/resources/idfaq/oddports.php
Who is listening? Use this syntax: netstat -an |find /i "listening"
Save who is listening to a text file: netstat -an |find /i "listening" > c:\openports.txt
Who is established? Use this syntax: netstat -an |find /i "established"
Note: In Windows XP, you can type NETSTAT -O to get a list of all the owning process ID associated with each connection: netstat -ao |find /i "listening"
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You can use PULIST from the W2K Resource Kit to find the PID and see what process uses it and who started it. For example, you found out that your computer had an open connection to a remote IP address on TCP port 80, and you don't have any Internet Explorer or other browser windows open. You want to find out what process is using that session.
Download: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/pulist-o.asp
*****Links*****
Port Assignments for Commonly-Used Services
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/samplechapters/cnfc/cnfc_por_simw.asp
TCP/UDP Ports Used By Exchange 2000 Server
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;278339
Nice shiny Port List :0)
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http://www.incubus.co.uk/os/windows/netstat.htm
http://www.petri.co.il/quickly_find_local_open_ports.htm
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