ECHO User Program

ECHO is used to test the connection to a remote system by sending data to the ECHO server on that system. If the connection is successful, the server returns the data transmitted in the sequence that the data was entered. HP NonStop server TCP/IP ECHO does not service UDP ports.

The components of ECHO are:

ECHO

ECHOSERV

ECHO

ECHO is the HP NonStop server ECHO client. It is used to interactively test the connection to a remote system. The remote system need not be another NonStop server.

ECHOSERV

ECHOSERV is the HP NonStop server ECHO server. It responds to ECHO requests from remote clients .

Securing ECHO

BP-FILE-ECHO-01 ECHO should be secured "UUNU".

BP-OPSYS-OWNER-01 ECHO should be owned by SUPER.SUPER.

BP-OPSYS-FILELOC-01 ECHO must reside in $SYSTEM.SYSnn.

BP-FILE-ECHO-02 ECHOSERV should be secured "UUNU".

BP-OPSYS-OWNER-03 ECHOSERV should be owned by SUPER.SUPER.

BP-OPSYS-FILELOC-03 ECHOSERV resides in $SYSTEM.ZTCPIP.

	Discovery Questions	Look here:
OPSYS-OWNER-01	Who owns the ECHO file?	Fileinfo
OPSYS-OWNER-03	Who owns the ECHOSERV file?	Fileinfo
FILE-POLICY	Who is allowed to use ECHO on the system?	Policy
FILE-ECHO-01	Is the ECHO object file secured correctly?	Fileinfo
FILE-ECHO-02	Is the ECHOSERV object file secured correctly?	Fileinfo

Related Topics

TCP/IP