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knock - Default branch

Section: Unix

Added: Tue, Apr 13th 2004 23:43 PDT (4 years, 1 month ago)

Updated: Wed, Jun 29th 2005 13:09 PDT (2 years, 10 months ago)

About:
knock is a server/client set that implements the idea known as port-knocking. Port-knocking is a method of accessing a backdoor to your firewall through a special sequence of port hits. This can be useful for opening up temporary holes in a restrictive firewall for SSH access or similar.

Author:
Judd Vinet [contact developer]

Tar/GZ:
http://www.zeroflux.org/knock/files/knock-0.5.tar.gz

Trove categories: [change]
[Development Status] 4 - Beta
[Environment] Console (Text Based), No Input/Output (Daemon)
[Intended Audience] System Administrators
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Network Environment] IP, IP :: IPv4
[Operating System] POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] C
[Topic] Internet, Security, System :: Networking :: Firewalls

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

Project admins: [change]
» Judd Vinet (Owner)

» Rating: 8.45/10.00 (Rank N/A)
» Vitality: 0.00% (Rank 11178)
» Popularity: 1.40% (Rank 3930)

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Default 0.5 29-Jun-2005 GNU General Public License (GPL)