nmap gives info not of open ports but on services that are running.

[Les Mikesell]

Strong wrote:
> On Wed, 02 May 2007 15:10:06 -0700 Michael A Peters <mpeters at mac.com>
> wrote:
>> You are probably using iptables to block an external IP address and
>> using nmap on an internal IP address.
>>
>> Try running nmap from a different machine.
> 
> THank You, but is there a way I can inspect my open ports from within
> my machine?
> 

"netstat -an" will show you the ports with listeners as well as 
established connections.  That doesn't mean a packet can reach them, though.

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   Les Mikesell
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