Re: PMConsole's "data types" to....

Dave Andersen (angio@aros.net)
Wed, 5 Jun 1996 15:35:27 -0600 (MDT)

A good starting point would be to look at the BPM tools. It's a set of
perl libraries which impliment the PM protocol.

Unfortunatly, it's a slightly older version that doesn't work with 3.3.1,
but you should be able to go from there pretty easily. Then just use
tcpdump, log the traffic, and you're set.

Other relevant information:
PMConsole opens a TCP connection to port 1643 of the portmaster.
After establishing the connection, it sends something like:

0x65 0x62 0x00 0x09 <password> 0x00

.. and I haven't bothered decoding the rest. :)

-Dave Andersen

Lo and behold, Andy Doolittle once said:
>
> On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Lucien Murray-Pitts wrote:
>
> >
> > I basically DON'T want to run a telnet to a portmaster but want to use
> > the same method as the PMConsole program does - does ANYONE know how to
> > do this?
> >
> > I know its UDP, but what is the protocol... ... I want to start simple
> > say just resetting ports... etc
> >
> >
> > Lucien
> >
> Well, sorry but it's ours and you can't have it 8-) Seriously, we have
> been asked and at this point have no intention of distributing the
> protocol. Sorry.
>
> How'd you figure the UDP part?
>
> andy
> ++++
> In Redmond, no one can hear you scream ...
>
> My opinions, of course, are my own, unless they were given to me by my
> employer.
>
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