Hi to everyone. My portsentry is a bit silent the last 30 hours...or better is actually mute. I mean that portsentry hasn't blocked anyone the last 30 hours which is really strange in the world we are living. Is there any site to make to my server a port scan...to check if portsentry will take action? I mean to see if it's really alive.

notes: portsentry status , reports "...is running" ,
portsentry.conf seems ok, and with uncommented the lines below the "...you are really anal" .

the rest seems normal.


* the server is almost new to the net world...so portsentry hadn't really a hard work to do till now...but the last 30 hours is mute.

..or if you think using a test portscan from a site that provides this tool is a bad idea..could you suggest any other way...to check if portsentry will do its work?

There is some good info on Portsentry here (http://www.tldp.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-Optimizing-Linux-RH-Edition-v1.3/chap14sec116.html) and use next at the top or bottom of the page for more.