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Re:Jobseekers Invited to “Apply Via API” by bitops on Thursday February 02, 2012 @08:34PM (#3545338)
Kudos to whoever set up this box, by the way. I ran nmap against it a few different ways and the correct port number was not listed.
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Re:Jobseekers Invited to “Apply Via API” by mrud on Thursday February 02, 2012 @09:17PM (#3545426)
The reason (as pointed out by zeraholladay) is that nmap scans per default only about ~1000 ports. If the service is running on a non standard port it will not show up in the default scan
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Re:Jobseekers Invited to “Apply Via API” by bitops on Saturday February 04, 2012 @12:18AM (#3550329)
I ran it with the widest port range possible.
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Re:Jobseekers Invited to “Apply Via API” by bitops on Thursday February 02, 2012 @09:00PM (#3545390)
Noooo! Don't give away the keys to the kingdom. :)

Instead, maybe say "no ping scan".

On the other hand, if you're aware of nmap and know how to use it to get past the first hurdle, you're probably more than capable of solving the actual challenge.

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Re:Jobseekers Invited to “Apply Via API” by zeraholladay on Thursday February 02, 2012 @09:03PM (#3545402)
Sorry, my bad. Deleted the post.
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