Source: knockd Section: net Priority: optional Maintainer: Leo Costela Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), cdbs (>= 0.4.10), autotools-dev, libpcap0.8-dev Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Homepage: http://www.zeroflux.org/projects/knock Package: knockd Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, logrotate Description: small port-knock daemon A port-knock server that listens to all traffic on a given network interface (only Ethernet and PPP are currently supported), looking for a special "knock" sequences of port-hits. A remote system makes these port-hits by sending a TCP (or UDP) packet to a port on the server. When the server detects a specific sequence of port-hits, it runs a command defined in its configuration file. This can be used to open up holes in a firewall for quick access.