-- $Id: README file for knocker version 0.7.1 - released on 24 May 2002
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t h e k n o c k e r p r o j e c t
http://knocker.sourceforge.net
Knocker is a simple and easy to use TCP security port scanner written in C
using which is able to analyze hosts and all of the different services started
on them.
This is the Linux console version of knocker, other versions of knocker
can be found at http://knocker.sourceforge.net
knocker is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
If you have comments or suggestions, you are welcome to mail me, and
please report any bugs: Gabriele Giorgetti <g.gabriele79@genie.it>
-- Gabriele Giorgetti
<g.gabriele79@genie.it>
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--=| QUICK START GUIDE TO KNOCKER |=-------------------------------
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-[ How to build and install knocker ]-
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1. Unpack the package: tar -zxvf knocker-X.X.X.tar.gz
2. cd knocker-X.X.X
3. type: ./configure
4. make
5. (Become root if you want to install knocker system wide) type:
make install
-[ You want to start to pollute hosts logfile scanning'em but you
don't have a clue ? :) ]-
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1. If you have installed knocker with make install you should be
able to execute it just by typing: knocker
otherwise cd into the src directory under the unpacked source
tree and type: ./knocker
or better: knocker --help
2. Now to perform a simple port scan to a host (let's use your
host as target...) type: knocker --host localhost
3. Let's say you have to perform a long scan and you want the
program to run in background so you can continue your work...
just type:
knocker --host thehost --start-port 1 --end-port 4000 --quiet &
or in a shorter form:
knocker -H thehost -SP 1 -EP 4000 -q &
you won't see any output this way... just do:
cat ./knocker_scan.log
to see the scan results.
Or if you want to log to a particular file:
knocker -H thehost -l logfile.txt
If you want to scan only one port:
knocker -H thehost --port 21
Hope that's enought....
ChEeRs.......
Gabriele Giorgetti,
<g.gabriele79@genie.it>
