port scanning

[Stuart Murray-Smith]

> [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"?

Find gnome-nettool in Synaptic, mouse-over && right-click,  select
'Properties' from pop-up box. Select middle tab 'Installed Files',
scroll down to bottom && you'll see that there is only one binary ->
/usr/bin/gnome-nettool

$ file /usr/bin/gnome-nettool

will show you that this is an ELF binary.

$ /usr/bin/gnome-nettool --help-all

will show that it's a monolithic that processes: ping, netstat,
traceroute, port-scan, lookup, finger, whois, etc

HTH

Stu@