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Why is this NMAP scan to a remote host showing me no ports open when the ports REALLY are open?

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Mar 15, 202618276 views
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Problem

As you can see, the above telnet command shows port 33491 is open. Running NMAP with on that same IP and port shows it as closed: In the above example, telnet shows the port open, but NMAP shows the port as 'filtered' aka closed. How can I get NMAP to show open ports for remote hosts (that disable …

Error Output

telnet 99.99.99.99 33491
Trying 99.99.99.99...
Connected to 99.99.99.99..
Escape character is '^]'
^]
telnet> close
Connection closed.

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Fix for: Why is this NMAP scan to a remote host showing me no ports open when the ports REALLY are open?

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filtered Nmap cannot determine whether the port is open because packet filtering prevents its probes from reaching the port. The filtering could be from a dedicated firewall device, router rules, or host-based firewall software. These ports frustrat…

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