Checking from outside the machine
ss and ufw describe the machine seen from inside; what an attacker sees is measured from another machine, with nmap.
24 minutesTechnical content last reviewed on 16 Sept 2026
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What this lesson builds
- Knowing what the machine exposes, and closing the rest
- Saying what an output proves, and what it leaves open