COARSE
PORT KNOCKING
1 - What this it
This is a simple implementation of Port Knocking techniques.
This sniffs network packets with determined keys and executes commands
like firewall to open and close ports. In the client mode injects
packets with key to server.
This is a personal project of the your author and is available for
everybody by
your GPL Licence.
2 - What is Port Knocking
In one instance, port knocking refers to a method of communication
between two computers (arbitrary named here client and server) in which
information is encoded, and possibly encrypted, into a sequence of port
numbers. This sequence is termed the knock. The server initially
presents no open ports to a public network and is monitoring all
connection attempts. The client initiates connection attempts to the
server by sending SYN packets to the ports specified
in the knock. This process of knocking is what gives port knocking its
name. The server offers no response to the client during the knocking
phase, as it
"silently" processes the port sequence. When the server decodes a valid
knock
it triggers a server-side process.
The definition of a valid knock is arbitrary, and up to the
implementer.
The server-side process is also arbitrary, and up to the implementer.
The trigger may result in dynamic modification of firewall rules or
other administrative system events.
3 - Timeline
* 11/14/2005 - 0.0.4 released
* 11/11/2005 - 0.0.3 released
* 11/01/2005 - 0.0.2 released
* 10/20/2005 - Initial release
4 - Install
Please run the install script that came together with this file.
5 - Uninstall
Please run the uninstall script that came together with this file.
6 - Download
0.0.4 - 11/14/2005
0.0.3 - 11/11/2005
0.0.2 - 11/01/2005
0.0.1
- 10/20/2005
7 - TODO
* Easy installer
* RPM packages to linux distributions
* Daemon mode
* Support to crypt file keys
* Support to OPIE
8 - About author
Andre Luiz Rodrigues Ferreira is a Computing Science student and
Support Analist from Orlandia - SP - Brazil.
Yours prefered subjects are Computer Networks, Information Security and
Intrusion Detections Systems.
He also love to play drum in the vacant hours :)
PS: Sorry by your poor english. He's learning...
9 - Contact, help and support
You can obtain more information, help, contacts and have support this
software choosing this choices:
1 - Subscribe the mail list: https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=151153
2 - Access the project forum: https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=151153
3 - Access the Source Forge project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/coarseknocking/
4 - Talk with the author: andrelrf@gmail.com
10 - How to help
Please reports bugs, patches and send documentation. The author will be
happy! :)
11 - Links and references
Port Knocking project: http://www.portknocking.org
Linux Journal: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6811
Dr. Dobb's: http://www.ddj.com/documents/ddj0411g/0411g.html
Copyleft - (c) - 2005
