Daemon Dancing in the Dark

Checking connecttions

I always wondered how to check to see if anyone is currently using either ftp or http. Sometimes, if my DSL modem light is blinking furiously, I like to see what's going on. Early on in my server days, I noticed a problem once and it turned out some hackerz had slipped into my ftp site and were using it to trade malware! So I keep a close watch these days.

Anyway, I recently came across two methods that I think do this:

$ netstat -anf inet

$ sockstat

They both show current connections, and who is using them.

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