Commands by Decoy (1)

  • List open TCP/UDP ports

    Works only on Linux. Last option (n) turn name of service resolving (/etc/services) off. Show Sample Output


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    netstat -ltun
    Decoy · 2009-10-05 08:39:03 0

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