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Hi<br />
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Actually wireshark is the monitor to use. If it it to complicated spend some time to learn it because so get great info from the tool using the filters available.<br />
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First thing i would do is determine which ports are opened up. Look in the firewall or run a tool like ZenMap against the server in comprehensive mode.<br />
If you rather go for hardcore puzzling you could start the firewall logging and capture all accepted requests.
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Hi

Actually wireshark is the monitor to use. If it it to complicated spend some time to learn it because so get great info from the tool using the filters available.

First thing i would do is determine which ports are opened up. Look in the firewall or run a tool like ZenMap against the server in comprehensive mode.
If you rather go for hardcore puzzling you could start the firewall logging and capture all accepted requests.

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Is there a API call to connect and see all the connections ?
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Is there a API call to connect and see all the connections ?

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Maybe a tool like <a href="http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html" rel="ugc">CurrPort</a> is something you would like to try.
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Maybe a tool like CurrPort [http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html] is something you would like to try.

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Full details would be nice.
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If I want to write my own connection monitor <br />
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How do I see Connections and some of the traffic <br />
that is coming by.<br />
<br />
IN windows 2008r2 and 2012. <br />
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I assume I can connect to something and see the traffic or <br />
at least the traffic headers. <br />
<br />
I don't need to be as detailed as Wire Shark. <br />
but if I can do the same type of functions,
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If I want to write my own connection monitor 

How do I see Connections and some of the traffic 
that is coming by.

IN windows 2008r2 and 2012. 

I assume I can connect to something and see the traffic or 
at least the traffic headers. 

I don't need to be as detailed as Wire Shark. 
but if I can do the same type of functions,

Monitor all ports on Advance Server

The Windows operating systems have distinct methodologies for designing and implementing networks, and have specific systems to accomplish various networking processes, such as Exchange for email, Sharepoint for shared files and programs, and IIS for delivery of web pages. Microsoft also produces server technologies for networked database use, security and virtualization.

Windows Networking

Software firewalls, also known as host-based firewalls, provide a layer of software on one host that controls network traffic in and out of that single machine. Most operating systems now include firewall software, but many available software firewalls include central distribution, antivirus systems and disaster recovery.

Software Firewalls

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the set of networking protocols that define end-to-end connectivity specifying how data should be packeted, addressed, transmitted, routed and received at the destination. This functionality is organized into four abstraction layers which are used to sort all related protocols according to the scope of networking involved.