Recently we had an issue that called into the use of checking to see if some ports were open and listening on our servers. Naturally, we could have used a tool such as portqry.exe to gather this information. However, you can only use it on one system at a time which meant either incorporating it with Powershell and call the .exe when needed. While a good idea, I wanted to build something that was free of any extra tools and just rely on Powershell itself to complete this task.
After doing some research and looking some examples online, I found that this could in fact be easily done. Initially I was going to have it scan for TCP ports, but decided that checking UDP ports would be a good idea as well. My goal was to not only be able to scan multiple hosts, but to also scan multiple ports and report back which ones were open and which were closed.
Using the System.Net.Sockets namespace, I was able to create an object that I could then use to test both TCP and UDP ports.
$tcpobject = new-Object system.Net.Sockets.TcpClient $udpobject = new-Object system.Net.Sockets.UdplientI can then use the .BeginConnect() method and plug in the hostname and the port that will be tested.
$connect = $tcpobject.BeginConnect($c,$p,$null,$null) $connect = $udpobject.BeginConnect($c,$p,$null,$null)I then configure a timeout using the following:
$wait = $connect.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne($timeout,$false)If you expand out what is in the $connect variable, you see this:
AsyncState : AsyncWaitHandle : System.Threading.ManualResetEvent CompletedSynchronously : False IsCompleted : TrueThis link explains the System.Threading.ManalResetEvent that I am using for the timeout.
The rest of the script uses the Add-Member cmdlet to add items to the created PSObject that holds all of the information for the report. I also make use of string manipulation such as Split(), Replace() and TrimStart() to make the error messages more readable in the report.
I decided to run the port scan against my local domain controller and google.com to show that some ports are open and others are not. In the case of DC1, only TCP port 53 (DNS) was open and at google.com, TCP ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS) were open.

List of ports:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
My script is also available at the Script Repository.
Code Update 20Feb2011
Script:
function Test-Port{<#
.SYNOPSIS
Tests port on computer.
.DESCRIPTION
Tests port on computer.
.PARAMETER computer
Name of server to test the port connection on.
.PARAMETER port
Port to test
.PARAMETER tcp
Use tcp port
.PARAMETER udp
Use udp port
.PARAMETER UDPTimeOut
Sets a timeout for UDP port query. (In milliseconds, Default is 1000)
.PARAMETER TCPTimeOut
Sets a timeout for TCP port query. (In milliseconds, Default is 1000)
.NOTES
Name: Test-Port.ps1
Author: Boe Prox
DateCreated: 18Aug2010
List of Ports: http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers To Do:
Add capability to run background jobs for each host to shorten the time to scan.
.LINK
https://boeprox.wordpress.org
.EXAMPLE
Test-Port -computer ‘server’ -port 80
Checks port 80 on server ‘server’ to see if it is listening
.EXAMPLE
‘server’ | Test-Port -port 80
Checks port 80 on server ‘server’ to see if it is listening
.EXAMPLE
Test-Port -computer @(“server1″,”server2”) -port 80
Checks port 80 on server1 and server2 to see if it is listening
.EXAMPLE
@(“server1″,”server2”) | Test-Port -port 80
Checks port 80 on server1 and server2 to see if it is listening
.EXAMPLE
(Get-Content hosts.txt) | Test-Port -port 80
Checks port 80 on servers in host file to see if it is listening
.EXAMPLE
Test-Port -computer (Get-Content hosts.txt) -port 80
Checks port 80 on servers in host file to see if it is listening
.EXAMPLE
Test-Port -computer (Get-Content hosts.txt) -port @(1..59)
Checks a range of ports from 1-59 on all servers in the hosts.txt file
#>
[cmdletbinding(
DefaultParameterSetName = ”,
ConfirmImpact = ‘low’
)]
Param(
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $True,
Position = 0,
ParameterSetName = ”,
ValueFromPipeline = $True)]
[array]$computer,
[Parameter(
Position = 1,
Mandatory = $True,
ParameterSetName = ”)]
[array]$port,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $False,
ParameterSetName = ”)]
[int]$TCPtimeout=1000,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $False,
ParameterSetName = ”)]
[int]$UDPtimeout=1000,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $False,
ParameterSetName = ”)]
[switch]$TCP,
[Parameter(
Mandatory = $False,
ParameterSetName = ”)]
[switch]$UDP
)
Begin {
If (!$tcp -AND !$udp) {$tcp = $True}
#Typically you never do this, but in this case I felt it was for the benefit of the function
#as any errors will be noted in the output of the report
$ErrorActionPreference = “SilentlyContinue”
$report = @()
}
Process {
ForEach ($c in $computer) {
ForEach ($p in $port) {
If ($tcp) {
#Create temporary holder
$temp = “” | Select Server, Port, TypePort, Open, Notes
#Create object for connecting to port on computer
$tcpobject = new-Object system.Net.Sockets.TcpClient
#Connect to remote machine’s port
$connect = $tcpobject.BeginConnect($c,$p,$null,$null)
#Configure a timeout before quitting
$wait = $connect.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne($TCPtimeout,$false)
#If timeout
If(!$wait) {
#Close connection
$tcpobject.Close()
Write-Verbose “Connection Timeout”
#Build report
$temp.Server = $c
$temp.Port = $p
$temp.TypePort = “TCP”
$temp.Open = “False”
$temp.Notes = “Connection to Port Timed Out”
}
Else {
$error.Clear()
$tcpobject.EndConnect($connect) | out-Null
#If error
If($error[0]){
#Begin making error more readable in report
[string]$string = ($error[0].exception).message
$message = (($string.split(“:”)[1]).replace(‘”‘,””)).TrimStart()
$failed = $true
}
#Close connection
$tcpobject.Close()
#If unable to query port to due failure
If($failed){
#Build report
$temp.Server = $c
$temp.Port = $p
$temp.TypePort = “TCP”
$temp.Open = “False”
$temp.Notes = “$message”
}
#Successfully queried port
Else{
#Build report
$temp.Server = $c
$temp.Port = $p
$temp.TypePort = “TCP”
$temp.Open = “True”
$temp.Notes = “”
}
}
#Reset failed value
$failed = $Null
#Merge temp array with report
$report += $temp
}
If ($udp) {
#Create temporary holder
$temp = “” | Select Server, Port, TypePort, Open, Notes
#Create object for connecting to port on computer
$udpobject = new-Object system.Net.Sockets.Udpclient($p)
#Set a timeout on receiving message
$udpobject.client.ReceiveTimeout = $UDPTimeout
#Connect to remote machine’s port
Write-Verbose “Making UDP connection to remote server”
$udpobject.Connect(“$c”,$p)
#Sends a message to the host to which you have connected.
Write-Verbose “Sending message to remote host”
$a = new-object system.text.asciiencoding
$byte = $a.GetBytes(“$(Get-Date)”)
[void]$udpobject.Send($byte,$byte.length)
#IPEndPoint object will allow us to read datagrams sent from any source.
Write-Verbose “Creating remote endpoint”
$remoteendpoint = New-Object system.net.ipendpoint([system.net.ipaddress]::Any,0)
Try {
#Blocks until a message returns on this socket from a remote host.
Write-Verbose “Waiting for message return”
$receivebytes = $udpobject.Receive([ref]$remoteendpoint)
[string]$returndata = $a.GetString($receivebytes)
}
Catch {
If ($Error[0].ToString() -match “\bRespond after a period of time\b”) {
#Close connection
$udpobject.Close()
#Make sure that the host is online and not a false positive that it is open
If (Test-Connection -comp $c -count 1 -quiet) {
Write-Verbose “Connection Open”
#Build report
$temp.Server = $c
$temp.Port = $p
$temp.TypePort = “UDP”
$temp.Open = “True”
$temp.Notes = “”
}
Else {
<#
It is possible that the host is not online or that the host is online,
but ICMP is blocked by a firewall and this port is actually open.
#>
Write-Verbose “Host maybe unavailable”
#Build report
$temp.Server = $c
$temp.Port = $p
$temp.TypePort = “UDP”
$temp.Open = “False”
$temp.Notes = “Unable to verify if port is open or if host is unavailable.”
}
}
ElseIf ($Error[0].ToString() -match “forcibly closed by the remote host” ) {
#Close connection
$udpobject.Close()
Write-Verbose “Connection Timeout”
#Build report
$temp.Server = $c
$temp.Port = $p
$temp.TypePort = “UDP”
$temp.Open = “False”
$temp.Notes = “Connection to Port Timed Out”
}
Else {
$udpobject.close()
}
}
#Merge temp array with report
$report += $temp
}
}
}
}
End {
#Generate Report
$report
}
}




