Monitoring Open Ports

[James Pratt]

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matt Baer [mailto:matt at baerconsult.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:51 PM
>> To: Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: [Nagios-users] Monitoring Open Ports
>> 
>> Is there a way that Nagios can monitor open ports, even if there isn't anything
>> listening on the destination?  I'd like to monitor my open ports on my firewall JUST to
>> make sure they're open.  I would just specify the port with the normal Nagios
>> command and point it at my public IP address, but obviously, the check will fail unless
>> something is listening on the other end.  Basically I want to port scan specific ports.
>> Any ideas?

Sure, just google for "nagios nmap" - I found this one, looks like it may work for you, but may need some modification -


http://ubermonkey.wordpress.com/2006/09/28/nagios-nmap-plugin/


regards,
James
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