Okay, I was playing with nmap and nmapfe, and it drew my attention away from practical affairs to challenge me. A few questions arise: When a process starts that uses a port, say apache httpd, and then it bombs out badly or quits unexpectedly, how can one recover the locked port(s)? And in general, how can one tell what processes are bound to what ports? Also: I am confused about ports being "open" when there are no services running on them... I can telnet to some specific ports, and it connects me and then immediately disconnects me again... Other ports are fully "closed" and will not conenct, hurrah this is what I want! What's up with these open-but-unused ports? How do I keep them bound&gagged?
btw, I am using 2.4 kernels if that matters to you... d00d, netmin'ing sometimes requires more time than time allows for!
