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Old 07-20-2004, 01:23 AM   #1
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Closing a port in linux terminal..any command??

Hello Everybody

Here is the problem

I use netstat -a to check port status on my linux box.

My question

Is their any command by which i can close a port...simple n fast.

Or ipchains or iptables is the only option to do that.

Thanks

Fahad
 
Old 07-20-2004, 11:46 PM   #2
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you can stop the process that has created the net socket
 
  


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