port scanning

[Detlef Lechner]

Tony:

Tony Arnold wrote:
> Detlef,
> 
> Detlef Lechner wrote:
>> matteo filippetto wrote:

> If you just want a command line equivalent, then nmap will do the same
> job plus more. If you are curious about how the gnome-nettool does the
> job, then I've no idea.

nmap does the job in 6 seconds. gnome-nettool is running for 6 hours now
  and has not yet produced any output.
Is gnome-nettool > port scanning a useless tool?


Regards
Detlef