Author: Jim Kissel Date: To: lug, Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT?] This is odd...
The reply from the line starting 501 looks like the reply one would
expect from a web server when throwing something un-http at it.
Vic wrote: > Hi All.
>
> This might be OT for the list, but I know there are some decent network
> admins reading it...
>
> A customer of mine has a static IP address with a server on the back of
> it, running a few odds and ends. Nothing special - mail, web, news, ftp.
>
> He can't currently talk to his server - and nor can I (ssh is open to my
> address). Running nmap against his address currently[1] gives me a single
> port open - 5555. So I connected to it...
>
> [vic@goliath ~]$ telnet <address> 5555
> Trying <address>...
> Connected to <address>.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
>
> 501 Not Implemented
> Content-Type: text/html
> Connection: close
> Content-Length: 149
> Server: FedoraCore/6 UPnP/1.0 miniupnpd/1.0
>
> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>501 Not Implemented</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><H1>Not
> Implemented</H1>The HTTP Method is not implemented by this
> server.</BODY></HTML>
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> (I hit return twice at the point where there is a gap above).
>
> Now I'm only expecting one machine there to be running Linux at all - and
> it's not running FC6. There might be an embedded Linux somewhere - it's a
> Belkin router; I don't know what they run inside.
>
> I rang the ISP, who claimed to be certain that this customer was
> definitely connected on this IP address.
>
> Anyone know what's going on?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Vic.
>
> [1] nmap has given me several very different results over the course of
> the day.
>
>
