unhide-tcp — forensic tool to find hidden TCP/UDP ports
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Bugs
Report unhide-tcp bugs on the bug tracker on GitHub (https://github.com/YJesus/Unhide/issues)
Description
unhide-tcp is a forensic tool that identifies TCP/UDP ports that are listening but are not listed by
/sbin/ss (or alternatively by /bin/netstat) through brute forcing of all TCP/UDP ports available.
Note1 : On FreeBSD ans OpenBSD, netstat is always used as iproute2 doesn't exist on these OS. In
addition, on FreeBSD, sockstat is used instead of fuser. Note2 : If iproute2 is not available on the
system, option -n or -s SHOULD be given on the command line.
License
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.
Administration commands May 2024 UNHIDE-TCP(8)
Name
unhide-tcp — forensic tool to find hidden TCP/UDP ports
Options
-h--help
Display help
--brief
Don't display warning messages, that's the default behavior.
-f--fuser
Display fuser output (if available) for the hidden port On FreeBSD, instead of fuser command,
displays the output of the sockstat command for the hidden port.
-l--lsof
Display lsof output (if available) for the hidden port
-n--netstat
Use /bin/netstat instead of /sbin/ss. On system with many opened ports, this can slow down the
test dramatically.
-s--server
Use a very quick strategy of scanning. On system with a lot of opened ports, it is hundreds times
faster than ss method and ten thousands times faster than netstat method.
-o--log
Write a log file (unhide-tcp-AAAA-MM-DD.log) in the current directory.
-V--version
Show version and exit
-v--verbose
Be verbose, display warning message (default : don't display). This option may be repeated more
than once.
Exitstatus:
0 if no hidden port is found,
4 if one or more hidden TCP port(s) is(are) found,
8 if one or more hidden UDP port(s) is(are) found,
12 if one or more hidden TCP and UDP ports are found.
See Also
unhide (8).
Synopsis
unhide-tcp[options]
