A
program which binds to a selected set of
TCP and/or UDP ports. Connections to these ports receive an expected
response (a full
handshake under
TCP, and an empty
packet under
UDP), at which point the connection is closed.
portchaffer normally uses /etc/services as its binding list; thus, portchaffer should be the last network application to start.
UDP responses are rate limited to one response per port per second, to prevent bounce attacks.
There is no man page. There is no support. The purpose of portchaffer is to distract script kiddies from other targets by presenting them a distracting target.