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From: Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Detecting local host firewall
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:17:56
Message-Id: dl7v9q$32a$1@sea.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Detecting local host firewall by Frank.Pikelner@blue-dot.ca
1 Frank.Pikelner@××××××××.ca wrote:
2 > Is there a way to detect programmatically whether the local host has a
3 > firewall enabled?
4
5 nmap can return enough informatin to surmize that. It may even be able
6 to tell you straight out. I'm not that familiar with all its switches.
7
8 Running nmap -v -P0 host will give you enough to make a good guess.
9
10 So maybe parsing nmap output can be done programmatically.
11
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Detecting local host firewall Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman <buanzo@××××××××××.ar>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Detecting local host firewall Bryce Verdier <btv@××××××.edu>