Checking ports are open and responding

This guide shows basic netstat and nc command usage.

Check established TCP connections to your server by typing netstat -t or netstat -tn:

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Check open ports on your Linux server:

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Connect to open port by using netcat (eg. port 80, HTTP server):

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