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How do I know if a host computer supports Finger, Whois or any other service?

April 26, 2017Computer finger host service supports whois

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How do I know if a host computer supports Finger, Whois or any other service?

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NetRanger will typically return a specific error if a host does not support a service. If you try to connect to a host and you get a “Winsock error 10061 (Connection refused)” message, you can safely assume that the host does not support the service.