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]

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8.45/10.00 (1 vote)

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

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	0.5	29-Jun-2005	GNU General Public License (GPL)