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# Exit your ssh connection from the VM and rerun the command on the CentOS host. Instead of ESTABLISHED it should now show a state of CLOSE_WAIT. Indicating that the TCP connection is being closed.
# On your CentOS host try the command <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">netstat -atn</span></code></b>. How is this output different?
# Without the <code>-n</code> option <code>netstat</code> attempts to resolve IP addresses to host names (using /etc/hosts) and port numbers to service names (using /etc/services)<br>{| width="40%" align="right" cellpadding="10"
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|{{Admon/note | Network Ports | When our CentOS system provides any services on a network, those services are accessible through a port number. All network services are configured to be accessed on a particular port number. By examining which ports are active on our system we can know what services (and points of attack) are available on our system. The ability to examine this information is important for troubleshooting network services and securing our systems. One great tool for this is the <code>netstat</code> command.}}
