=_= Here we have a mysterious tool known only as the "Q3 Port Scanner" What does it do? SCANS PORTS WITH THE HELP OF A POWERFUL TOOL KNOWN AS THE DEMONIC DOS PROMPT OF DM
Blah..anyway o_o. Basically, all this does, in layman's terms, is scan for any active ports using a Quake 3 engine, so you can find servers this way. You also get a whole summary report of who is on the server and what features are active. I read the readme and I was like @[email protected]; While I understood what was going on, I will admit I suck slightly at DOS prompts. However, this is good for hunting for hidden servers.
=_= *Throws the file at you and runs*
- Averus Retruthan
***************************************************************** ** JEDI KNIGHT: Jedi Outcast && Jedi Academy ** ***************************************************************** #-----------------------------------------------------------# # TITLE : q3server Port Scanner # # TYPE : Server Utility # # VERSION : 0.1 # # AUTHOR : Gamall Wednesday Ida # # E-MAIL : [email protected] # # WEBSITE : http://gamall-ida.com # # # # FILENAME : q3PortScanner.exe # # FILESIZE : < 400 Ko # # RELEASE DATE : June 2007 # #-----------------------------------------------------------# + DESCRIPTION +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o + This simple command-line program scans ports or ranges of ports of a physical server and detects JK3 or JK2 servers running on it (in fact any server based on a quake3 engine) even if they are not listed by the master servers. It generates a text file with the complete status response of each detected server, and a little summary with the total capacity of all servers, and the total number of players connected to the server at the time of the scan. This tool can be useful to people hosting several JK servers on the same dedicated server (which I do): It can be used to get a quick overview of the load on the dedicated server, debunk ghost servers (when you try to host several servers on the same port N and, instead of throwing an exception like any decent program would, they just sit silently on port N+1...) Since it doesn't need any kind of administrator access to the target server, it can also be used by clients of hosting companies specialized in JK, to monitor the load of the server they are on. Etc. + HOW DO I USE THAT THING ? +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o + First-off, this is a command-line utility, so either use it from the DOS prompt, through a shortcut, or, better still, in a batch... You know the drill. If you don't, the time is ripe to Gooooogle ;-) Now, let us see the syntax: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ q3scan ip <X.X.X.X> +p <ports to scan> [-p <ports to avoid>] [+app] [-popup] [+terminate] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ports to scan or avoid are of the form X,Y,Z-T,V-W... , which means ports X and Y and all ports between Z and T and all ports between V and W. +app causes the report to be added at the end of the report file instead of replacing all previous contents of the file. -popup prevents the report from being displayed when the program terminates. +terminate deters the program from waiting for the user to press a key before exiting. Here are some real examples: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ q3PortScanner.exe ip 213.251.186.99 +p 29060, 29070, 29080, 29090 q3PortScanner.exe ip 213.251.186.99 +p 29060-29090 -p 29061-29069,29071-29079 +app +terminate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + LIMITATIONS +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o + Scanning ports takes time: About one second per port, even (chiefly) if there isn't anything interesting running on them. That is because I need to give the server a reasonable time to answer any query. For that reason, scanning all the 65536 ports of a server would be way too long. So you better cut the fat off the target port ranges. Tip: The report of any scan lists the valid scanned ports. You can just copy-paste that and use it as +p argument in subsequent runs ;-) Note that this tool won't detect non-q3based servers. So it is useless as a load estimator if your host runs mixed servers on a physical box. + LEGAL STUFF +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o + THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY ACTIVISION, RAVEN, OR LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC. ELEMENTS TM & © LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC AND/OR ITS LICENSORS. +-----------------------------+ | File generated with 'GaTeX',| | an ASCII typesetting system | | by Gamall Wednesday Ida. | | http://gamall-ida.com | +-----------------------------+ Build: Sat Jun 16 00:36:53 2007 File : q3PortScannerReadme.gat
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