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Check Open Ports

by Ulysses · Nov 9, 2016

If you’re running a Linux server, here’s one way of checking as to which ports are open to the public. You can use netstat for that purpose. Netstat is a command-line network utility tool that displays network connections for tcp, routing tables, and a number of network interfaces. It’s available on Linux, MacOS and Windows.

In Linux and MacOS, type the following via the Terminal.

netstat -lnptu
#
# -l = only services which are listening on some port
# -n = show port number, don't try to resolve the service name
# -t = tcp ports
# -u = udp ports
# -p = name of the program
#

netstat -lnptu # # -l = only services which are listening on some port # -n = show port number, don't try to resolve the service name # -t = tcp ports # -u = udp ports # -p = name of the program #

If you’re in Windows, open up Powershell and type in:

netstat -no
# or
netstat -o 5

netstat -no # or netstat -o 5

Don’t be surprised as to what your computer is doing.

Filed Under: Linux, Mac Tagged With: netstat, open ports

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