.\" knocker man page
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.\" man page originally written by  Gabriele Giorgetti <g.gabriele79@genie.it>
.TH KNOCKER 1 "MAY 24, 2002"
.SH NAME
knocker \- An easy to use network security port scanner
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B \fBknocker\fR --host <host>
[\fIOPTION\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B knocker 
is a simple and easy to use TCP security port scanner written in C using pthreads
which is able to analyze hosts and all of the different services started on
them.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-H\fr, \fB\-\-host\fR
host name or numeric Internet address to scan
.TP
\fB\-P\fr, \fB\-\-port\fR
port number to scan (single port scan only)
.TP
\fB\-SP\fr, \fB\-\-start-port\fR
port number to begin the scan from 
.TP
\fB\-EP\fr, \fB\-\-end-port\fR
port number to end the scan at
.TP
\fB\-\-last-host\fR
uses the last scanned host as target
.TP
\fB\-\-last-scan\fR
performs again the last port scan
.TP
\fB\-q\fr, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
disable console output and logs to file.
.TP
\fB\-lf\fr, \fB\-\-logfile <logfile>\fR
log the results to a specified file.
.TP
\fB\-nf\fr, \fB\-\-no-fency\fR
disable fency output
.TP
\fB\-nc\fr, \fB\-\-no-colors\fR
disable colored output
.TP
\fB\-\-configure\fR
let the user configure knocker
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
To run this program the standard way type:
.LP
knocker --host 192.168.0.1
.LP
If you want to specify a port range to scan:
.LP
knocker --host thehost  --start-port 1 --end-port 2600
.LP
or
.LP
knocker -H thehost  -SP 1 -EP 2600
.LP
To scan a single port:
.LP
knocker -H thehost --port 21
.LP
To run this program not using colors (if your terminal does not support colors):
.LP
knocker --host 192.168.0.1 --no-colors
.LP
To run this program run in background and have the results written in a log file:
.LP
knocker --host 192.168.0.1 --quiet &
.LP
.LP
.SH AVAILABILITY
The latest version of this program can be found at
http://knocker.sourceforge.net
.SH BUGS
See the BUGS file in the knocker source package for a list of known bugs.
Report bugs to <g.gabriele79@genie.it>
.SH AUTHOR
knocker is written by Gabriele Giorgetti <g.gabriele79@genie.it>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2001,2002 Gabriele Giorgetti
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.