Wish List for FC3 (list Ports)

[Michel Salim]

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:10:45 -0400, Charles R. Anderson <cra at wpi.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 09:04:27AM +0700, Michel Salim wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 17:59:08 -0600, Reg Clemens <reg at dwf.com> wrote:
> > >    ALL Programs in FC3 should have a new section in their MAN
> > >    pages listing the ports they use.
> > Better still... have a global used_port file or directory that is
> > populated on-the-fly by programs that need to open a port?
> 
> What's wrong with netstat?
> 
> netstat -nlp
> netstat -nap
> 
> The problem with a list, is that port numbers may be dynamically
> allocated at runtime.
> 
> 

True, though some applications (like Bittorrent and aMule, which are
prime candidates for a sysadmin to block) have preferred port ranges.
It would be nice to be able to look up all port information in one
place.

The problem with using netstat is, of course, that it only works for
applications already running?

- Michel