10 ways to check ports in Linux to help troubleshoot systems Your email has been sent System and network troubleshooting often involves checking and obtaining ...

Open ports in any system are meant to accept network packets that can compromise the security of the computer to a great extent. For security issues, ports that are unused are generally closed by a ...

If you're looking for a way to discover which ports are standing wide open on network machines, read about a powerful cross-platform solution that will do the trick. Editor’s note on June 4, 2015: ...

Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.