Re: New info on how to install your laptop
On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 02:36:20PM +0000, Sergio Brandano wrote:
>
> > My thought of the day: why nmap localhost, rather than netstat -a
> > or -an ?
>
> Because it is actually "netstat -anp" that will (also) list the
> services. The reason for using nmap is that it is a popular tool
> for ... mapping other's people machines. As such, you may want to
> know about its existence and defend yourself against it. There are
> certainly other methods, but that's the one I happen to have
> mentioned. But, yes I will add the netstat thing, also because it is
> the way for retrieving services and deleting them (as from point 8).
just a question, in which package is nmap ? it don't seem to be standardly
installed, while netstat is.
Friendly,
Sven LUTHER
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