Red Hat & Solaris port security

[Jon Carnes]

To open and close ports you could always use 'ipfwadm' or the newer
'ipchains'.  I use them for firewalling, but they can be activated and
deactivated manually.

To scan for open ports, use 'nmap'.  It has stealth and open mode for
scanning ports.

Jon Carnes
MIS - HAHT Software
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel L. Barnes" <dbarnes at CLARK.EDU>
To: <VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 11:59 PM
Subject: Red Hat & Solaris port security


> Hello,
> I was wondering if anyone knew of commands within Red Hat and Solaris that
> you could manually shutdown and open up ports. Also, is there utilities
> that I can scan the ports to verify which ones are open and which ones are
> closed?
>
> Thankyou for all of your help in the past!
>
> db
>
> VPN is sponsored by SecurityFocus.COM

VPN is sponsored by SecurityFocus.COM