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    Fpipe and port redirection

    i have this program called fpipe it's a TCP port redirector and i have no idea what it does or how useful it is? I think it's from foundstone, the readme is corrupted but the part that wasnt a bunch of square boxes on notepad said something about bypassing firewalls. I was wondering if any of you guys knew what Fpipe does what, TCP port redirectrion, and how useful is it?

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    this post has been viewed 21 times and no one has bothered to post anything besides me that is idiotic either no one else know's what im talking about or im asking the dumbest question ever, besides "how do i hack" or "how do i hack into hotmail?" all im asking is what does TCP port redirectrion does how does it work and how useful is it to a skilled hacker?

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    Here is the readme for Fpipe.
    patience is a virtue
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    FPipe v2.1 - Port redirector.
    Copyright 2000 (c) by Foundstone, Inc.
    http://www.foundstone.com
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    FPipe is a source port forwarder/redirector. It can create a TCP or UDP stream
    with a source port of your choice. This is useful for getting past firewalls
    that allow traffic with source ports of say 23, to connect with internal
    servers.

    Usually a client has a random, high numbered source port, which the firewall
    picks off in its filter. However, the firewall might let Telnet traffic
    through. FPipe can force the stream to always use a specific source port, in
    this case the Telnet source port. By doing this, the firewall 'sees' the
    stream as an allowed service and let's the stream through.

    FPipe basically works by indirection. Start FPipe with a listening server
    port, a remote destination port (the port you are trying to reach inside
    the firewall) and the (optional) local source port number you want. When
    FPipe starts it will wait for a client to connect on its listening port.
    When a listening connection is made a new connection to the destination
    machine and port with the specified local source port will be made - creating
    the needed stream. When the full connection has been established, FPipe
    forwards all the data received on its inbound connection to the remote
    destination port beyond the firewall.

    FPipe can run on the local host of the application that you are trying to use
    to get inside the firewall, or it can listen on a 3rd server somewhere else.

    Say you want to telnet to an internal HTTP server that you just compromised
    with MDAC. A netcat shell is waiting on that HTTP server, but you can't
    telnet because the firewall blocks it off. Start FPipe with the destination
    of the netcat listener, a listening port and a source port that the firewall
    will let through. Telnet to FPipe and you will be forwarded to the NetCat
    shell. Telnet and FPipe can exist on the same server, or on different servers.

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    *** IMPORTANT ***

    Users should be aware of the fact that if they use the -s option to specify
    an outbound connection source port number and the outbound connection becomes
    closed, they MAY not be able to re-establish a connection to the remote
    machine (FPipe will claim that the address is already in use) until the
    TCP TIME_WAIT and CLOSE_WAIT periods have elapsed. This time period can range
    anywhere from 30 seconds to 4 minutes or more depending on which OS and
    version you are using. This timeout is a feature of the TCP protocol and is
    not a limitation of FPipe itself.

    The reason this occurs is because FPipe tries to establish a new connection
    to the remote machine using the same local IP/port and remote IP/port
    combination as in the previous session and the new connection cannot be made
    until the TCP stack has decided that the previous connection has completely
    finished up.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Connection illustration
    -----------------------

    The connection terminology used in the program and in the following
    documentation can be shown in the form of the following diagram.


    Local Machine <----------> FPipe server <---------> Remote machine
    Inbound Outbound
    connection connection

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    This is the usage line as reported by typing "FPipe", "FPipe -h" or
    "FPipe -?".


    FPipe v2.1 - TCP/UDP port redirector.
    Copyright 2000 (c) by Foundstone, Inc.
    http://www.foundstone.com

    FPipe [-hvu?] [-lrs <port>] [-i IP] IP

    -?/-h - shows this help text
    -c - maximum allowed simultaneous TCP connections. Default is 32
    -i - listening interface IP address
    -l - listening port number
    -r - remote port number
    -s - outbound source port number
    -u - UDP mode
    -v - verbose mode


    Detailed option descriptions
    ----------------------------

    -h or -?
    Shows the usage of the program as in the above text.

    -c
    Specifies the maximum number of simultaneous TCP connections that the program
    can handle. The default number is 32. If you are planning on using FPipe
    for forwarding HTTP requests it might be advisable to raise this number.

    -i
    Specifies the IP interface that the program will listen on. If this option is
    not used FPipe will listen on whatever interface the operating system
    determines is most suitable.

    -l
    Specifies the FPipe listening server port number. This is the port number
    that listens for connections on the FPipe machine.

    -r
    Specifies the remote port number. This is the port number on the remote
    machine that will be connected to.

    -s
    Specifies the outbound connection local source port number. This is the
    port number that data sent from the FPipe server machine will come from
    when sent to the remote machine.

    -u
    Sets the program to run in UDP mode. FPipe will forward all UDP data sent
    to and received from either side of the FPipe server (the machine on which
    FPipe is running). Since UDP is a connectionless protocol the -c option is
    meaningless with this option.

    -v
    Verbose mode. Additional information will be shown if you set the program
    to verbose mode.

    IP
    Specifies the remote host IP address.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    To best illustrate the use of FPipe here is an example.


    Example #1:
    fpipe -l 53 -s 53 -r 80 192.168.1.101

    This would set the program to listen for connections on port 53 and
    when a local connection is detected a further connection will be
    made to port 80 of the remote machine at 192.168.1.101 with the
    source port for that outbound connection being set to 53 also.
    Data sent to and from the connected machines will be passed through.


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