port scanning

[matteo filippetto]

2009/10/27 Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk>:
> Detlef,
>
> Detlef Lechner wrote:
>
>> [GNOME] System > Administration > Network Tools. DEB program package
>> gnome-nettool. Synaptic: "GNOME Nettool is a network information tool
>> which provides user interfaces for some of the most common command line
>> network tools including: * ifconfig, * ping, * netstat, * tracepath, *
>> port scanning, * DNS lookup, * finger, * whois."
>> What is the underlying command-line command for this "* port scanning"?
>
> It looks like nmap to me. nmap will scan one or more IP addresses and
> tell you which ports are listening, firewalled etc.
>
> Regards,
> Tony.
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Run it and watch what your "task manager" tell to you
or you can use apt-cache show package_name to obtain more infos

Regards

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Matteo Filippetto