Port Knock Lite for iPhone
Overview
This application is a simple port knocker for the iPhone, generally useful only to network administrators. You must have a port knock daemon running on your server for this application to be useful. (See below for recommendations.)
Use Cases
This app is ideal if you're on a WiFi network but don't have a port knocker on the available computers. If you're sitting behind a NAT, the iPhone/iPod Touch will have the same IP as any of the other computers on your network.This is also great to use with TouchTerm or any other ssh or telnet software for the iPhone.Just give it the hostname and a list of ports, and whether you want it to send TCP or UDP packets.
Features
- Define up to 3 hosts
- TCP/UDP configuration per host
- Knock sent via WiFi
- Configurable interpacket delay
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Brief Description of Port Knocking for the Layman
Port Knocking is a technique to secure services behind a firewall until a specific knock sequence is given. This is not to be confused with port scanning (a network management tool for discovering open services on a system).
Imagine you left your kids at home alone. You don't want them to open the door for str
angers. And when a stranger comes knocking, you don't even want them to come to the do
or, because you don't want them to know your kids are there.
Imagine you left your kids at home alone. You don't want them to open the door for str
angers. And when a stranger comes knocking, you don't even want them to come to the do
or, because you don't want them to know your kids are there.
But, when you or other family members come, you might want them to open the door for you. So you teach them to
listen for a certain rattat-tat-tat or special knock that only you and your family know.
This is the same concept you can apply to your servers. If you run a knock daemon on your server, this app then lets you send the special knock to it.
listen for a certain rattat-tat-tat or special knock that only you and your family know.
This is the same concept you can apply to your servers. If you run a knock daemon on your server, this app then lets you send the special knock to it.