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Assuming you only want to check if a server listens for network connections on a particular TCP or UDP port (without actually exchanging application-level data with that service), then this is how to instruct NMIS to do that:
- Select Service Type
port
- Give the appropriate port and protocol in the form of
udp:123
(that would be NTP) ortcp:22
(that's SSH) - Ignore Service Name and all program-related settings
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