Show Notes #482: Linux Network Utilities Deep Dive

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Segment 1 (Deep Dive)

  • Linux Networking on the Command Line
  • Network Configuration
    • nmcli - command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager
    • netplan - YAML network configuration abstraction for various backends
    • net-tools
    • arp - ip neighbor
    • ifconfig - ip address, ip link
    • netstat - ss
    • route - ip route
    • ip (link, neighbor, netconf) 
  • Firewall Configuration
    • ferm - firewall rule parser (iptables, autostart)
  • Other Tools
    • ping - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts (-f flag)
    • traceroute - print the route packets trace to network host
    • tcpdump - a data-network packet analyzer
    • tshark - akin to tcpdump
    • nmap - network exploration tool and port scanner
    • iftop - display bandwidth usage on an interface by host
    • nslookup - query Internet name servers interactively
    • dig - better(?) alternative to nslookup
    • whois 

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