PortSentry is part of the Abacus Project suite of security tools. It is a program designed to detect and respond to port scans against a target host in real-time. There are other port scan detectors that perform similar detection of scans, but PortSentry has some unique features that may make it worth looking into.
PortSentry is part of the Abacus Project suite of security tools. It is a program designed to detect and respond to port scans against a target host in real-time. There are other port scan detectors that perform similar detection of scans, but PortSentry has some unique features that may make it worth looking into.
To install portsentry, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install portsentry
To see what files were installed by portsentry, run:
port contents portsentry
To later upgrade portsentry, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade portsentry
Reporting an issue on MacPorts Trac
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Though anyone may search Trac for tickets, you must have a GitHub account in order to login to Trac to create tickets.